1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Áit Tighe Ruaidhrí

School: Áit Tighe Ruaidhrí (roll number 9014)

Location:
Attirory, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271, Page 165

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271, Page 165

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: Áit Tighe Ruaidhrí
  2. XML Page 165
  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)
    Nineteen.
    The man that made it meant to sell it the man that bought it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw it?
    A coffin.
    Four legs came in and brought one leg two legs got up and threw three legs two legs went out and brought in one leg?
    A dog took a leg of mutton.
    If all the towns in Ireland got drowned which one would be saved?
    Cork.
    Four stick standers four belly banders two crookens four lookens and a whipper?
    A cow.
    How is it that when a tinker get a short coat he will never mind?
    Because it will be long enough against he get will get another.
    What works all day and sleeps in the corner at night?
    (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
    Maureen Beegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooneen, Co. Roscommon