School: Pollréamoinn (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Pollremon, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Duibhghiolla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0014, Page 128
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: Pollréamoinn (Buachaillí)
- XML Page 128
- 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)she became a man's wife and died before the morning. Answer: Eve.
14. As I went out the garden gap I met Teddy with pins and needles on his back and he off for Tipperary. Answer: A hedge hogg.
15. As i looked out the window I saw twenty five snipes rooting the ground. Answer: a harrow.
16. A big bellied mother a low-legged father and three little sisters just like each other. Answer: A pot on the fire.
17. As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the king's horses would never pull it up. Answer: the moon in a well.
18. As I went up the I met a little man with red cap and he was more afraid of the cock and the ben than area King George and all his men. Answer: a worm.
19. A little gold cup and it is filled with live meat. Answer: a thimble.
20. I have full of the room of it and I cannot catch full of the spoon of it. Answer: smoke(continues on next page)
