1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Mullagh (B)

School: Mullagh (B)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
James Drury
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 041

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 041

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: Mullagh (B)
  2. XML Page 041
  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 (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    I have a little house and it wouldnot hold a mouse. there are as many windows as a Queen's house. A thimble.
    A riddle, a riddle, my aunty o, my father gave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground white, Riddle me that and I will give you a pipe. A newspaper.
    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
    Freddie Deignan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Deignan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Cavan