School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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  1. As round as a marble, as flat as a pen, half a woman and half a man.
    An English penny.
    What is the difference between an engine driver and a teacher.
    One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
    Why is a dead ass like a narrow road.
    Because he has no breadth.
    With what would you fill a barrel to make it lighter.
    Holes.
    The more you take from it the bigger it becomes. What is it?
    A well or a hole.
    What although it is full of holes, can hold water? A well or a hole.
    What, when full, can hold more?
    A pot of potatoes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peadar Ó Lochlainn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Termon, Co. Clare