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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Ráth Luirc

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An Ráth, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Tomás Riabhach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0368, Page 266

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  1. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

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    A Collection of Riddles.
    with.
    Answer − With your eyes.
    40. Why does not a clock strike thirteen?
    Answer − Because it has not the face to do it.
    41. What city in Ireland can be put in to bottle?
    Answer − Cork.
    42. The man that made it never wore it, the man that wore it never saw it.?
    Answer − A Coffin.
    43. What is the difference between an schoolteacher and a train driver.?
    Answer − One trains the mind and the other minds the train.
    44. What is the difference between a soldier and a lady?
    Answer − One powders the face and the other faces the powder.
    45. Whats the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Hynes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    An Ráth, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Mrs Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Ráth, Co. Chorcaí