1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Coillte Críotáin

School: Coillte Críotáin

Location:
Erris, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Nóra Nic Aodhgáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 249

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 249

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: Coillte Críotáin
  2. XML Page 249
  3. XML “A Collection of 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. A Collection of Riddles (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    24. Why does the king of England wear green braces?
    Answer = To keep up his pants.
    25. What is the best way to make a coat last?
    Answer = Make the vest and pants first.
    26. What is that, that divides by uniting and unites by dividing?
    Answer = scissors.
    27. As I went out a windy gap I met my Aunt Nora, she had steel heels and freckled toes and upon my word she would frighten the crows.
    Answer = A gun.
    28. Stretch out your hand, you
    (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
    Teresa Toolin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Jane Toolin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiltycreaghtan, Co. Roscommon