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

School: Derryvoney

Location:
Derryvony, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mary Ní Néill
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 049

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0970, Page 049

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: Derryvoney
  2. XML Page 049
  3. XML “Old 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. Old Riddles (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    A. {Oiseau}
    Q. What part of speech are shopkeepers most anxious to dispose ot.
    A. Articles
    Q. Why are weary persons like (a) railway carriage wheels.
    A. Because they are tired.
    Q. Why is a silver cup most likely to run.
    A. Because it is chased.
    Q. Why is it better to be burned than have your head cut off?
    A. Because a hot steak is better than a cold cobweb.
    Q. What goes in London stops there and does not go the.
    A. A watch.
    Q. 30 feet 15 heads two wings and cannot fly.
    A. A foot ball team.
    Q. What time would it be when you would have twenty patches on your trousers.
    A. Time to get a new 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
    Seamus Timmon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clowninny, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Hugh Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clowninny, Co. Cavan