1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Forth

School: Forth (roll number 12909)

Location:
Kilmannan, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chraith
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 289

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 289

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: Forth
  2. XML Page 289
  3. XML “A Collection of 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. A Collection of Riddles

    Share Share Post
    289
    I obtained this collection of riddles from:-
    Mrs K. Kehoe.
    Seaview,
    Murrintown,
    Co. Wexford.
    A Collection of Riddles
    1. What goes around the wood, and around the wood and never goes into the wood.
    Ans: The bark of a tree.
    2. I have a little man up in the field when you pull his leg his nose will bleed.
    Ans: A pump.
    3. If you built a wall from here to Dublin what height would it be.?
    Ans: The height of nonsence.
    4. What is the shyest thing in the world.?
    Ans: A clock because it always
    (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
    May Monaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murntown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs K. Kehoe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Murntown, Co. Wexford