School: Ballydaniel (roll number 13892)
- Location:
- Ballydaniel, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Micheál Mac Amhlaoimh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 429
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: Ballydaniel
- XML Page 429
- XML “Riddles”
- 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
- (continued from previous page)What are the three things that a woman should be like, and at the same time, that she should 'not' be like?1. She should be llike a snail - always to do her work inside, and she should 'not' be like a snail, because when she would go out, she should not carry her house on her back.2. She should be like a town-clock - always to keep regular hours, and she should 'not' be like a town-clock, because when she would go out, her voice should not be heard all over the town.3. She should be like an echo - always to answer back when spoken to, and she should 'not' be like an echo, because she should not repeat everything she hears.
- I've a housefull, a roomfull, but can't give a spoonfull!
Smoke.What part of a cow goes out in a gap first?
Her breath.What has one leg and wears a cap!
A Mushroom. - Informant
- Paddy Lanigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Threecastles, Co. Kilkenny
