School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 070
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: Dunboyne (C.)
- XML Page 070
- 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)Because it can't see through it.
43. What has a hundred legs but cannot walk?
Fifty pairs of trousers.
44. What goes round the house and round the house and stands on it's head at night?
A brush.
45. What walks with it's head down?
A nail in your boot.
46. Why goes round the wood and round the wood and still never leave the wood.
A tree.
47. Hard working father lazy mother and twelve children all the same colour?
A clock.
