School: Tillystown, Bray (roll number 9845)

Location:
Shanganagh, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Heoghanáin
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    Riddle: If you went into a kitchen what would frighten you most if you saw it?
    Solution: The kitchen sink.
    Riddle: How many wells would make a river?
    Solution: One if it was big enough.
    Riddle: What is the difference between a teacher and a stationmaster?
    Solution: One trains the mind and the other minds the trains.
    Riddle: My head is nothing neither is my tail yet I am something.
    Solution: The figure eight.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.