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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0352

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  1. Puzzles (continued)

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    A To get to the other side
    Q Long and slender deaf and dumb has no feet and yet can run
    A A river
    Q What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a stationmaster
    A The schoolmaster trains the mind and the stationmaster minds the train
    Q Fire over it and fire under it and yet it does not touch it
    A A cake
    Q As round as an apple a flat as a pan one side a woman and the other side a man
    A A penny
    Q Neither fish flesh feather or bone carries two feet and walks none
    A A bicycle
    Q As black as ink and ink it is not as white as milk and milk it is not it hops on the road like a marble stone and a marble stone it is not
    A A magpie
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Casserly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Casserly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgevrin, Co. Galway