School: Nuadhchongbháil (Nohoval) (roll number 10326)
- Location:
- An Scairt, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Siobhán, Bean Uí Riada
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0444, Page 209
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: Nuadhchongbháil (Nohoval)
- XML Page 209
- 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
- (continued from previous page)well.
What gets wet when drying? A towel when drying your face.
What tree is older than the oak? The elder (alder).
When is a house like a fish? When it is ceiled (Seal).
It is black and white and red all over? A newspaper.
Why does a cow look over a ditch? Because she cannot look under it.
Elizabeth, Betty and Bess went out looking for birds' nests, they got one with three eggs in it, they took one each and left two in it? The three names are all the same.
What is full and holds more? A pot full of potatoes when you pour water in.
What always walks with its head down? A nail in your boot.
What turns without moving? Milk.
I washed my hands in water that was never rained or sprung; I dried my face in a towel that was never woven or spun? The dew and sun.
White bird featherless flew from Paradise and perched on the wall quite deadless? Snow.
There was a little house; a mouse could(continues on next page)
