1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Revanagh, Coolcullen, Muine Beag

School: Revanagh, Coolcullen, Muine Beag (roll number 5259)

Location:
Reevanagh, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
S. Mag Uaildric
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 323

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 323

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: Revanagh, Coolcullen, Muine Beag
  2. XML Page 323
  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
    Riddles
    Q. How many hairs in a dog's tail
    A. None. They are outside.
    Q. When was beef the highest
    A. When the cow jumped over the moon.
    Q. Flies high flies low and wears boots.
    A. a football.
    Q. What is it you can't see and everyone else can.
    A. The back of your head.
    Q. How many cows' tails reaches the moon.
    A. One and all the rest.
    Q. What smells most when you go into a garden.
    A. Your nose.
    Q. What is (brought) brought to the table, cut and never eaten.
    A. A pack of cards.
    (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
    Martin Kehoe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Myles Kehoe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Reevanagh, Co. Kilkenny