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

School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)

Location:
Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
T. O' Donovan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 280

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 280

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: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
  2. XML Page 280
  3. XML “Riddles”
  4. XML “An Old Fort”

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)
    As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb over chapels steeples and all?
    Ans The Sun?
    Beyond in yonder meadow there is a table and in that table there is a drawer and in that drawer there is a cup and in that cup there is a sup and everyone will taste it.
    Ans Death.
    Why is a shoe - maker tired.
    Because he works to the last.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. An Old Fort

    Share Share Post
    There is a fort situated in the townland of Frael and in the Parish of Denn. There once was a stone or a flagstone in this fort. It was in the centre of the fort. Under this stone was a big hole.
    There was a priest in the neighbourhood who
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. áiteanna osnádúrtha agus spioradálta (~158)
        1. ráthanna (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Shéamais Dhuibh, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Mrs Cullen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrylurgan, Co. an Chabháin