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School: Sráid na Cille, Cathair Dhún Iascaigh (roll number 15184)

Location:
Caher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Déoirín Ní Ragháil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0570, Page 026

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    It has thousands of windows and a mouse could not fit in it?
    A thimble.
    Why did the cow look over the wall
    Because he could not look ofer it?
    Why is a school master like an engine driver?
    One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    Why is a cow like a stool with a broken leg?
    Because it gives a way. (whey)
    What relation is a child to its father who is no its own fathers son?
    Daughter.
    Black and white and read all over?
    A Newspaper.
    Twenty sheep upon a gap,
    Twenty more along with that,
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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
    Joyce Alton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigeen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Joyce Alton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrigeen, Co. Tipperary