School: Drong (2)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Fháinín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 338
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Drong (2)
- XML Page 338
- 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
- What never asks questions yet requires answerings? (The Door Bell)
What has eyes and cannot see? A potato
Patch upon patch without any stitches riddle me that and I will give you a pair of breeches? (A cabbage head)
How do you spell grandly in four letters?
(gr and ly)
What walks with its head down. (A nail in a man's boot)
What goes round and round the house and peeps in on every hole? (The sun)
Blackie and Whitey went over the hill Blackie came back but Whitey stood still? (A hen going to lay an egg.)
Why is Ireland like a bottle? Because there is a cork at the end of it.
