School: Fahan Lower (roll number 14506)
- Location:
- Fahan Lower, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: R. Ó Cléirigh
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 516](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_1112%2FCBES_1112_516.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 516
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: Fahan Lower
- XML Page 516
- 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
- When is a cow roundest?
Answer: When she is in a barrel.
Why is a schoolmaster like a postage stamp?
Answer: One licks with a stick, and the other sticks with a lick.
Eyes but cannot see, a tongue but cannot speak. What is it?
Answer: A Shoe
Why is a hen sitting on top of a five barred gate like a penny?
Answer: Because there is a head on one side, and a tail on the other.
Why does a cow look over the wall?
Answer: Because she cannot see through it.
Black and white and red all over. What is it?
Answer: A Newspaper.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Lillie Eakin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Luddan, Co. Donegal