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School: Ballyfoyle, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13510)

Location:
Ballyfoyle, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 370

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    18. What is the difference between a man and a lady?
    One powders the face and the other faces the powder.
    19. What is the difference between a school-master and a train driver?
    One trains the mind and the other minds the trains.
    20. What is the difference between and ass and a stamp?
    You would stick one with a lick and lick the other with a stick.
    21. Little Miss Etticoat in her white petticoat, the longer she stands the shorter she grows?
    A candle.
    22. What is the difference between a hare and a rabbit?
    A rabbit is more hairy that a hare is rabbity.
    23. What side of an ass is the most hair on?
    The outside.
    24. How may hairs in a bull?
    Four because there are four threepenny bits in a shilling.
    25. If you were up on an ass what would you get down off?
    A goose.
    26. Black and white and red (read) all over?
    A paper.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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