School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12700)

Location:
Grange West, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Díomsaigh
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  1. What weight is the moon?
    Four quarters.
    Why does a hen pick a pot?
    Because she can't lick it.
    Why does a cow look over the fence?
    Because she can't look under it.
    Little Tom Titler with a red nose the longer he lives the shorter he grows?
    A candle lighting.
    As I went out a slippery gap I met my Aunt Mary, she had iron toes and a timber nose and upon my word she frightened the crows?
    A gun.
    Ink, ank, under the bank, ten drawing four?
    A person milking a cow.
    What is the difference between a school-master and a train-driver?
    The schoolmaster trains the mind and the traindriver minds the train.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Kiely
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange West, Co. Cork