School: Gallach (roll number 16464)
- Location:
- Gallagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoiléidigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0078, Page 011
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: Gallach
- XML Page 011
- 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
- Riddles
1. As round as an apple, as plumb as a ball, can climb over the church steeple and all.
Answer The sun
2.Patch upon patch without any stitches, riddle me that and i'll buy you a pair of britches.
Answer A head of cabbage
3. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan
one side a woman and the other a man.
Answer A penny
4. Black and white and read all over.
Answer A newspaper
5. It is in the hall and when you touch it, it will roar and bawl.
Answer A bell(continues on next page)
- Collector
- J.J. O' Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castleblakeney, Co. Galway
