School: Ballydurrow

Location:: Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:

Mode:

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 294

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.
Download

Report a problem to eolas@duchas.ie

Let us know if you see incorrect or inappropriate information here.

Notice and Action Policy Statement

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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.

Riddles (continued)

Share Share Post

You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

(continued from previous page)
(43) Five little brothers in a little leather carriage. They could not get out: they could not make a shout. It was so small and gloomy that they could not move about (Your foot in a boot) (44) Where can we always find happiness? (In the dictionary) (45) Why is pastry like the sun? (Because when it rises, it is light) (46) What is most like a cat's tail? (A Kitten's) (47) A woman found £2 and she then had three times as much as she would have had if she had lost £2? (Ans. £4) (48) If you plant a hedge of bushes each a yard apart. How many bushes will you need for a hedge fifty yards long? (Ans 51 bushes)
Cancel
Transcription guide »
By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
Topics
1. genre
  verbal arts (~1,483)
  riddles (~7,209)
Language

English
Collector
John Hetherton
Gender

Male
Address

Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan

Archival Reference

Open data

On this page