School: Carrigaline (C.) (roll number 13513)

Location:
Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teachers:
Mrs O' Sullivan Mrs Tully
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 101

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 101

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: Carrigaline (C.)
  2. XML Page 101
  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. (continued from previous page)
    A His breath
    Q Why does a cow go over the ditch?
    A Because he can not go under it.
    Q If a man fell out the window what would he fall against.?
    A His will.
    Q Why do black sheep eat less that white.?
    A Because there are not many. of them.
    Q As I went up a slippery gap I met my Auntie Mary, she had timber toes and iron nose and upon my word she, frighten the crows?
    A A gun
    Q What goes all round the house and stops in the corner.?
    A A brush.
    Q What is that goes all over the world and stops in the corner.?
    A A stamp.
    Q How many cows' tails would reach the moon?
    A One if it was long enough.
    Q What bridge does a man never cross?
    A The bridge of his nose.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Conroy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmoney, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Tobin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Kilmoney, Co. Cork