1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ridge, Leighlin

School: Ridge, Leighlin

Location:
Ridge, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
Bean Uí Airtnéid
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 225

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 225

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: Ridge, Leighlin
  2. XML Page 225
  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
    What height of a house would it be from this to Donegal?
    Answer: The height of nonsense.
    Headed like a thimble talked like a rat you may guess forever but you will never guess that.
    Answer: A pipe.
    What has more windows than a king's house.
    Answer: A thimble.
    As I went out a muddy gap I met my Uncle David, I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy.
    Answer: A bottle of whiskey.
    (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 Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolcullen, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Thomas Wilson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonmeen East, Co. Mayo