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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
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Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 120

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    Q. What's the difference between a school master and an engine driver?
    A. One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
    Q. Why is a waiter like a race-horse?
    A. Becaue he runs for cups, plates and stakes.
    Q. What is the difference between a man struck with amazement and a leaopard's tail?
    A. One is rooted to the spot and the other is spotted to the root.
    Q. Where do soldiers go after a long March?
    A. Into April.
    Q. Why does a cow look over the ditch?
    A. Because she couldn't look under it.
    Q. What is the difference between the bark of a tree and the bark of a dog.
    A. One is the bark of a bough and the other is the bark of a bow-wow.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Magowry, Co. Tipperary