1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Newtown, Kells

School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)

Location:
Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
(name not given)
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 10_007

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 10_007

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: Newtown, Kells
  2. XML Page 10_007
  3. 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
    Riddles
    A horse and car going to town, what part of them reaches the town first? The sound.
    What is it that is in a rock and it's not in a stone. It is in a river and its not in a flood. It is in a tree and its not in a wood? R.
    What dog is always three feet long? A yard dog.
    What lady is it whom nobody wants to meet?
    (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
    John Comerford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Philip Comerford
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Garranstan, Co. Kilkenny