1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Lios Béalad, Dún Mánmhaí

School: Lios Béalad, Dún Mánmhaí (roll number 11715)

Location:
Lisbealad, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Héigcearrtaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 253

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0303, Page 253

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: Lios Béalad, Dún Mánmhaí
  2. XML Page 253
  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)
    What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot : - A carpet. Black and white and read all over : - A Newspaper. Why is a pair of shoes like a man : - Because both are made to go on feet. Black I am and merry I be, many a man has injured me, they broke my skull and split my face and brought me from my native place : - A sod of turf. Two brothers we are, one burden we bare by which we're so fully pressed, we're full all day and empty when all go to bed : - A pair of shoes. As I looked out my bedroom window, the window fell out and I fell out. What did I fall against : - My will.
    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
    Kathleen Powell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilronane West, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Timothy Powell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilronane West, Co. Cork