1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

School: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)

Location:
Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
M. Ní Raghallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 320

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 320

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: Hackettstown (St Joseph's)
  2. XML Page 320
  3. XML “Riddles”
  4. 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
    As I went up by the king's wall, I heard a thing let a squal
    Its beard was made of flesh, and its mouth was made of horn
    Was there ever such a thing born
    Answer. A cock
    As I went up Slipperce, I met my Aunt Josie, she had iron nose and timber toes, and upon my word she would frighten the crows
    Answer. A Gun
    A heart and a head and stands on one leg
    Answer. A head of cabbage
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit