School: Liathdruim
- Location:
- Leitrim Beg, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máirtín Ó Mainnín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0040
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: Liathdruim
- XML Page 0040
- XML “Riddles”
- 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)forgotten? Because it is out of the head.
Spell the red rogue of the world in three letters? Fox.
What the poor man has, the rich man wants, the miser spends, the spendtrip saves and the dead man carries to his grave? Nothing.
What is the biggest wonder in the map of Europe? That Hungary did not eat Turkey.
- When are soldiers like good flannels?
When they dont shrink.
Why is a calendar like a palm tree? You get dates from it.
Spell black water in three letters?
Ink.
Four little bottles in top of a hill turned down and didn't spill. A cow's teats.
Why does a hen cross the road?
Because she can't go around.
What is it that has a head and cannot think, one leg and cannot walk? A pin.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Pauline Hardiman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Kilmacrah, Co. Galway
