School: Gleann an Chairthe (roll number 13345)
- Location:
- Glencar, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Mag Ualghairg
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0193, Page 190
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Gleann an Chairthe
- XML Page 190
- 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
- Q. What is the difference between a schoolmaster and a stationmaster?
A. The schoolmaster trains the mind and the stationmaster minds the train.
Q. What did Adam plant first in the garden of Eden?
A. His foot.
Q. Change on pound into shillings and sixpences in order that you may have one sixpence more than shillings.
A. Thirteen shillings and fourteen sixpences.
Q. What goes up hill and down hill and yet stands still?
A. The road.
Q. What is it that can stand outside the wood and eat in the middle of it?
A. A cow eating out of a tub.
Q. Where is happiness usually found?
A. In the dictionary.
Q. What county in Ireland could fit in a bottle?
A. County Cork.
Q. There was a room full of people one time, and there was not a single person in the room.
A. Because they were all married.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary O Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Drummans, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Aghamore, Co. Leitrim
