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

School: Ballinode (roll number 10665)

Location:
Bellanode, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
M. Clarke
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 191

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 191

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: Ballinode
  2. XML Page 191
  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 (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Twice the half of two pence halfpenny
    Money.
    Timber toes and iron noes upon my word he scares the crows?
    A gun.
    I have a wee brown cow tied to the wall she would eat all the hay from here to Donegal?
    The fire burning sticks.
    What goes round the house and a harrow after her?
    A hen and a flock of chickens.
    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