1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór

School: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór (roll number 9871)

Location:
Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Dhuinnín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0324, Page 197

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0324, Page 197

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: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór
  2. XML Page 197
  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)
    Ans. A newspaper. Q. What has four legs and feathers yet is neither bird nor beast.? Ans. A feather bed. Q. Under fire and over fire and never touches fire.? Ans. A cake in an oven. Q. As black as ink as white as snow and hops on the road like hailstone.? Ans. A magpie. Q. Two black man and a white man went for a drive in a motor car, the two black men ate the white man what was the number of the car.? Ans. 281. Q. What goes out and never moves.? Ans. A fire. Q. What is the difference between
    (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
    Eileen Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Knocknaloman, Co. Cork