School: Doire an Daimh (Derrindaffe) (roll number 10976)

Location:
Derrindaff, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Foghludha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410C, Page 08_002

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    (1) Why is a school master like an engine driver. One drives the train and the other trains the mind.
    (2) The taller it stands the shorter it gets. A candle.
    (3) The man that made it never wore it, the man that wore it never saw it. A coffin.
    (4) What is that which shows what it cant see itself. A mirror
    (5) What is the strongest animal in the world. A snail because
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Con Keeffe
    Other names
    Con Keeffe
    Cornelius O Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Trienearagh, Co. Kerry