School: Cnoc Breac
- Location:
- New Inn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: M. Ó Maoldúin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0334](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0045%2FCBES_0045_0334.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0334
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: Cnoc Breac
- XML Page 0334
- 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)5. Under the fire and over the fire yet never touches the fire.
Cake in the oven6. What weight is the moon
One hundred weight (4 go__7. When is the rain like suet?
When it is dripping8. What town is likely to float?
Cork9. Why is the letter 'a' disliked by men?
Because it makes men mean10. A leaper of ditches a clipper of thorns A little brown cow with two leathor horns
A goat11. What is invisible yet never out of sight
The letter i12. Why does water flow down a hill
To get to the bottom(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kevin Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrynamanagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Melody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrabaun, Co. Galway