1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Murher (C.)

School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 183

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 183

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: Murher (C.)
  2. XML Page 183
  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)
    Two dead men fighting,
    Two blind men looking on,
    Two cripples running for the guards,
    And two dummies telling them to hurry on.
    Ans. A lie.
    How many wells would make a river?
    Ans. One if it was big enough.
    I went up a hill of wonder,
    I came down a hill of thunder,
    Twenty four spokes tearing the world asunder.
    Ans. A harrow.
    (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
    May Bunce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim East, Co. Kerry