School: An Gleann (roll number 14113)

Location:
Glen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 346

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 346

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: An Gleann
  2. XML Page 346
  3. XML “Riddles”
  4. 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. I have a little cow, she sits by the wall and would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal?
    Spell the red rogue of the wood in three letters?
    What is it that stands on one leg and has a heart in its head?
    I have a wee horse with an iron throat and as quick as he gallops he swallows a rope?
    What is it a dead man eats and if a living man ate it he would die?
    If Pat's father is Tom's son what relation is Pat to Tom?
    Useful useless instrument often bought
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockbreenagher, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    58
    Address
    Knockbreenagher, Co. Sligo