1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Béal Átha Feorainne (B.)

School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 03_018

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 03_018

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: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.)
  2. XML Page 03_018
  3. XML “Composition - 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. Composition - Riddles

    Share Share Post
    16-2-38
    Little jack dandy with a red little nose, the longer he lives the shorter he grows. A candle.
    A riddle a riddle as I suppose, a hundred eyes and never a nose. A riddle.
    Under the fire and over the fire and never touches the fire. A cake in an oven.
    Two long legs, two short thighs, a small head and two eyes. A tongs.
    Pieces and patches with out any stitches, riddle me that and I will buy you a britches. A head of cabbage. As black as ink as white as milk and hops on
    (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
    Anthony Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Roscommon