1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Boyerstown

School: Boyerstown (roll number 13285)

Location:
Boyerstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Thomas Foley
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0701, Page 105

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0701, Page 105

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: Boyerstown
  2. XML Page 105
  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

    Share Share Post
    I went to India; I didnt go there. I was sent back from India because I stopped there.
    A watch.
    What is it that grows longer the more you take from it.
    A drain.
    What part of a fish is a liquid measure.
    Gill.
    Why are washerwomen funny people.
    Because they put out tubs to catch soft water when it is raining hard.
    What has a head and no face.
    A match.
    What has a face and no head
    A watch.
    What has a mouth and no tongue.
    A river.
    I ran till I got it. When I got it I sat down to look for it and when I could not get it I brought it with me.
    A thorn.
    What has a trunk and no ribs.
    A tree.
    If you were going down the road on an ass what fruit would you both represent.
    A beatiful pair.
    (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
    Nancy Devine
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Patrick Devine
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Boyerstown, Co. Meath