1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cluain Eich

School: Cluain Eich (roll number 9942)

Location:
Clooneagh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Sr. Ó Donnabhair
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 215

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0219, Page 215

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: Cluain Eich
  2. XML Page 215
  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)
    he gets another one.
    Q: Over the fire and or under the fire and never touches the fire
    A: A cake in the oven
    Q: Round the house and round the house and leaves a cake on every window
    A: Snow
    Q: What is the difference between a policeman and an aeroplane
    A: They both take people up
    Q: What is the smallest room in the world
    A: A mushroom
    Q: What flies with four legs through the air
    A: Two birds
    Q: Long legs short thighs, little head and no eyes
    A: The tongs
    Q: Why does a clock stop when it falls to the ground
    A: Because it can't go any further
    Q: The seed was black, the ground was white, riddle me that and I'll give you my old pipe
    A: Ink and paper
    Q: What can a cart not go without
    A: It's rattle
    Q: What is worse than a pig in a parlour
    (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
    Sarah Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumard (Jones), Co. Leitrim