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School: Druim Mór (roll number 11901)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 173

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    How could you compare an ass to a stamp.
    Ans. The ass goes on with a lick of the stick and the stamp goes on with a lick of the tongue.
    Down in yon meadow there is a cup and in the cup there is a drop and everyone must tate that. What is it.
    Ans. Death.
    I went up the path and down the path and I carried the path on my back.
    Ans. A ladder.
    Why is a school master like an engine driver.
    Ans. One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    If a man has ten sons and each
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Cambell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumlougher, Co. Armagh
    Informant
    Mrs Francis Campbell
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Drumlougher, Co. Armagh