1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin

School: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin (roll number 10243)

Location:
Aghyohil Beg, Co. Cork
Teacher:
C. Ó Ríordáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 191

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 191

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: Achadh Eóchaille, Inis Céin
  2. XML Page 191
  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

    Share Share Post
    As I went down the road the other night,
    I met the tinker and his wife, the pedlar and his daughter,
    I had four apples and I gave one to each and I had one myself,
    How could that be
    Answer:- The tinker's wife was the pedlar's daughter.
    As I was going to the fair of St. Ives,
    I met nine tinkers and their wives
    Each tinker had a bag, and in each bag there was a cat, and in each cat there was a kitten,
    Men, cats, kittens and wives,
    How many were going to the fair of Saint Ives.
    Answer:- Myself.
    As I went up the road I met a
    (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
    Mary Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknanuss, Co. Cork