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

School: Brittas (roll number 12217)

Location:
Brittas, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 447

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 447

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: Brittas
  2. XML Page 447
  3. XML “Treasures”
  4. 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. Treasures

    Share Share Post
    Many people from this district dreamt that there was a treasure in a certain place at Lynch-Park.
    They went to look for it, but could not find it.
    People from Maynooth found out about it, and came in the night. They dug under some rock, and found it.
    It was a beautiful golden image, but when they were taking it away, they broke a finger off it.
    The finger was found by someone, from about the place, and he sold it for a great amount of money.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Ó Dubhda
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brittas, Co. Dublin

  2. Riddles

    Share Share Post
    Riddle-me, riddle-me, riddle-me, that, over the head, and under the hat?
    Your hair.
    How far can a dog go into a wood?
    Only half-way, because, if he went any further, he would be going out of it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit