School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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  1. 19. Q. What things cannot be bought for money?
    A. A sheet for the bed of a river, a had for the head of a bed, shoes for the foot of a mountain.
    20. Q. What turns without moving?
    A. Milk.
    21. Q. What is always behind time?
    A. The back of a clock.
    22. Q. If a man had twenty patches on his trousers what time would it be?
    A. Time to get a new one.
    23. Q. What am I like the window?
    A. Because I am all pains. (panes)
    24. Q. As I went yonder gap, I met my Uncle Davie,
    I cut his throat, and sucked his blood,
    And left him lying easy.
    A. A Blackberry.
    25. Q. What has a top and no cover?
    A. Stout.
    26. Q. Why is a policeman like a rainbow?
    A. Because he always come out after a storm.
    27. Q. What is the difference between a station-master and a school-master?
    A. One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    28. Q. What is the difference between an ass and a postage stamp?
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marion Walker
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Navan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Walker
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50