School: Ráth Maoláin (roll number 16131)

Location:
Rathmullen, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Laoise Ní Ruairc
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0565

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0185, Page 0565

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: Ráth Maoláin
  2. XML Page 0565
  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. (continued from previous page)
    boy with a red cap, steel heels, needle toes, upon my word he would frighten the crows? A thistle.
    She is so shy that she always keeps her hands on her face? A clock.
    Rink rank under the bank ten drawn four? A woman milking a cow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lil Ní Corcoráin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathmullen, Co. Sligo