School: Glin (B.)
- Location:
- Glin, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: (name not given)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0481, Page 024
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Glin (B.)
- XML Page 024
- 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
- (continued from previous page)When he repaired the breeches that David his father made.
Why is the world like a piano.
Because it is all flats and sharps.
If you saw three pigeons shot one how many will remain.
None. Because the others will fly away.
Why is a water-lily like a whale.
Because it has to come to blow.
Which runs fastest heat or cold.
Heat, because you can catch cold.
What most represents a hen stealing.
A cock robin (a cock robbing).
Why is a sharp lawyer like a man that cannot sleep.
Because he lies on one side and then on the other and is wide awake all the time.
What would take you to Dublin without moving.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Connor Barrett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Shannon Lawn, Co. Limerick
