School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)
- Location:
- Lyre, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 109
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír
- XML Page 109
- XML “Riddles”
- 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
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - I
There was a little house and a mouse could not live in it and all the men in town could not count how many windows in it?
Answer. A thimble.
II
If a hundred of coal cost a £1 what would a ton of coal come to ?
Answer. Ashes
III
Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Answer. Because she could not look under it.
IV
Twenty sheep went out a gap, twenty more went after that, twice eleven, six and seven, two and three how much is that?
Answer. five.
V
What goes around the wood, around the wood but never gets into the wood?
Answer, the bark of a tree
VI [?]
There was a shoe-maker that made shoes without leather with all the four elements(continues on next page)
