1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Bog-fhód (Buckode)

School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 076

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 076

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: Bog-fhód (Buckode)
  2. XML Page 076
  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 (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Ireland could not take it up?
    A spring well.
    It is black and white and red all over?
    A newspaper.
    It is black and white, it is sweet and sour, it is welcome at night or any other hour?
    A cup of tea.
    What county will go into a bottle?
    Co. Cork.
    I ran and got it, I sat down and searched. If I got it I would not bring it with me but as I did not get it I had to bring it with me?
    A thorn.
    How many tails would reach the
    (continues on next page)
    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
    The senior class
    Informant
    Riddles from their parents