School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)
- Location:
- Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Staráid
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 171
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: Ednacarnon
- XML Page 171
- XML “A Collection of 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
- It’s never seen in Italy,
In Rome it does appear,
It’s twice in very moment,
But it’s not in twenty years.
Answer. The letter “m”.Chip, chip cherry,
All the men in Derry,
Could not climb,
Chip, chip cherry.
Answer. Smoke.If there was a man up building a house
and he fell down, what would he fall against?
Answer. He would fall against his will.What tongue often hurts without speaking a word?
Answer. The tongue of your boot.As round as an apple,
As plump as a ball,
Can climb the church,
Over steeple and all.
Answer. The sun.What is that which a cat has, but no other(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hazel Gregg
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bellanascaddan, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr John Gregg
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Bellanascaddan, Co. Donegal
