School: Malahide (C.)
- Location:
- Malahide, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Á. Ní Cholmáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 169
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: Malahide (C.)
- XML Page 169
- 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
- I heard the following riddles from my father.
Q. Black and white and read all over.
A. A newspaper.
Q. Hick a more hack a more on the king's kitchen door all the king's men and all the kings's horses could not take Hick a more hack a more off the king's kitchen door.
A. The sun shining.
Q. Riddle me riddle me randie o, me father gave me seeds to sow, the seeds were black and the ground was white riddle me that and I will give you a pint.
A. Pen and notepaper.
Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball can climb the Church over steeple and all.
A. The sun.
Q. What is full and holds more?(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jennie Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Pupil
- Address
- Malahide, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Maguire
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Malahide, Co. Dublin
