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School: Glenderry (roll number 10403)

Location:
Glenderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Gleathbhúir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417C, Page 04_015

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    Why do you go to the bed? Because the bed would not come to you. I was in town one day and as I was coming home I went into a little house and I saw them eating , what did I see them eating with? With my two eyes. What is the difference between a good solider and a fashionable lady? One of them faces the powder and the other powders the face. What is the difference between a school master and an engine driver of a train? One of them trains their minds and the other minds the train. There were five birds, featherless, flew from Paradise and in a leafless tree? Snow. There
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Lucid
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Corridon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Glenderry, Co. Kerry