School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Carrowbaun, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghadhnair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 131
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: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- XML Page 131
- 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
- Mrs D. mrs I mrs FFI mrs C mrs U mrs LTY.
Difficulty.
Riddle Riddle Re. Such a riddle could not be, through a rock through a reel through an old spinning wheel through a sheep - skin bone riddle me that and leave me alone
Moth.
Chip chip cherry, all the men in Kerry couldnt climb up chip chip cherry. Ans. Smoke.
What are the three great wonders of the world that can never be found.
A shoe for the foot of a mountain. A sheet for the bed of the ocean. A towel to wipe the face of the earth.
A man cut a thing, but he cut it too short and he cut a bit off it to make it long.
A Grave.
'Tis damp, tis moist, tis green by the banks and tis fit for a queen to live in.
A Grave.
The king of Manchester sent home to his sister a bottomless vessel to put flesh in.
A Ring.
I have a little man above in the field, and when I pull his leg his nose will bleed. A pump.(continues on next page)
