School: Ballyuskill (B.), Ballyragget

Location:
Ballyoskill, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
F. Mac Cárthaigh
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    What is the smallest bridge in the world.
    The bridge of your nose.
    What is the strongest thing in the world.
    A snail because it is able to carry its house on it back.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. As round as an apple as flat as a pan the half of a woman the whole of a man.
    A penny.
    What's the difference between a schoolmaster and a Stationmaster.
    One minds trains, the other trains minds.
    If I build a wall from here to Donegal what height will it be.
    The height of nonsense.
    Big long Tom with a big red nose the quicker he runs the shorter he goes
    A candle.
    Whats the difference between a hill and a pill.
    One is hard to get up, the other is hard to get down.
    Long legs, short thighs little head and no eyes
    A tongs.
    What man wears the biggest hat.
    The man with the biggest head.
    Chip chip chery and all the men in Derry wouldn't climb chip cheery.
    Smoke.
    As round as an apple as sharp as a lance if you were in it it would carry you to France
    A moon
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Grace
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clorhaun, Co. Laois
    Informant
    John Grace
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clorhaun, Co. Laois