1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Na Cealla (Kells)

School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)

Location:
Kells, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Fiannachta
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0476, Page 032

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0476, Page 032

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Na Cealla (Kells)
  2. XML Page 032
  3. 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

  1. Riddles

    Share Share Post
    As round as an apple as flat as a pan and a half a woman and half a man?
    A penny.
    What is it that has a head and no face?
    A match
    In a field there is a house and in the house there is a cup and in the cup there is a sup that everyone should drink?
    Poison
    Under water over water and never touches it?
    A woman walking over a bridge with a can of water on her head.
    I have a little house and a mouse can't sit in it and all the people in the town couldn't count all the doors and windows in it.
    A thimble
    What is half the moon?
    The other half.
    What is like a black sweep without a white fleece?
    A cake of bread in the griddle.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Shea
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gleensk, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Ellie O' Shea
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    54
    Address
    Gleensk, Co. Kerry