1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin

School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)

Location:
Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
Teacher:
C. Ó Ríordáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 207

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 207

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin
  2. XML Page 207
  3. XML “Riddles”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Riddles

    Share Share Post
    How many sides in a bucket?
    Answer. Two inside and outside.
    What can sing without a voice?
    Answer. A kettle.
    My head and tail both equal are,
    My middle slender as a bee.
    Whether I stand on head or heel,
    It's all the same to you or me.
    But if my head should be cut off,
    the matter's true, although its strange
    My head and body severed thus,
    immediately to nothing change?
    Answer. The figure 8
    What goes in dry and comes out wet and the longer it's within the stronger it gets?
    Answer. Tea
    Why is a torn flag like a worn sixpence?
    Answer. one is a tattered banner and the other is a battered tanner.
    How many kinds of trees are in the forest?
    Answer. Two crooked and straight.
    I had an uncle and he had a brother, and he was no uncle of mine.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Eileen O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs O' Driscoll
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork