School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)

Location:
Berrings, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0348, Page 008

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  1. Q. What will you be tomorrow that you cannot be today?
    A. Older.
    Q. What turns without moving?
    A. Butter-milk.
    Q. What is the difference between an engine driver and a school-master?
    A. One drives the train and the other trains the mind.
    Q. When is an apple like a bell?
    A. When it is pealed.
    Q. What is that which is put on the table, cut and passed but never eaten?
    A. A pack of cards.
    Q. What is black and white and read all over?
    A. The news-paper.
    Q. Black as ink white as snow and hops on the road like hailstones?
    A. A Magpie.
    Q. What day will you never see again?
    A. To day.
    Q. Up the road, down the road and take the road on your back?
    A. A ladder.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Kent
    Gender
    Female