1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Carlingford (B.)

School: Carlingford (B.)

Location:
Carlingford, Co. Louth
Teacher:
C. Ó Blunaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 030

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 030

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: Carlingford (B.)
  2. XML Page 030
  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)
    Riddles Continued.
    6. Big Biddy from Dundalk,
    Three legs and cannot walk,
    Two ears and cannot hear,
    A big mouth and cannot talk.
    Answer - A potato pot.
    7. Tink tank upon a bank, ten drawing four.
    Ans. - A woman milking a cow.
    8. Why does a tin whistle?
    Ans. - Because it can't sing.
    9. I went up the road and down the road, and I took the road on my back.
    Answer - A ladder.
    10. Forty sick sheep went out a gap.
    One died how many came back.
    Ans - 39.
    11. Six tea cups on a dresser, Take 3 from that.
    Answer - 3.
    12. Why is the letter T like an island.
    Ans. - Because it is in the middle of water.
    13. Two O's, two N's, an l and a d, put that together, and spell it for me. - Ans - London.
    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
    Informant
    Hugh O Rourke
    Gender
    Male