1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin)

School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0351

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0351

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: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin)
  2. XML Page 0351
  3. XML “Puzzles”

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. Puzzles

    Share Share Post
    Long ago the old people had a lot of funny puzzles.
    q Black and white and read all over
    A An newspaper
    q How many yards of buttermilk would make a trousers for a bull
    A As much as he would swim in
    q It opens like a barn door it shuts like a trap and many thing you think of before you think of that
    A An umbrella
    q When did march fall on May and on the seventh of July
    A At the battle of hastings General March fell into the river May on the seventh of July
    q What is it the more you take the more you leave behind
    A Your footsteps
    q Why does a duck cross the road
    (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
    John Casserly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Casserly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgevrin, Co. Galway