1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha

School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha (roll number 11849)

Location:
Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Gabriel
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 254

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0410, Page 254

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: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha
  2. XML Page 254
  3. 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. Riddles

    Share Share Post
    We always see it, and the King seldom sees it, and God never sees it.
    His own equals.
    As round as a marble, as deep as a cup, and all the men in Kerry couldn't pull it up.
    A pump.
    Little red Tom with a red, red nose and the longer he stands the shorter he grows.
    A Candle
    What part of a cow goes over the ditch the
    (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
    Noreen Browne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Dan Sheahan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Irrabeg, Co. Kerry