School: Mainistir na Croise, Thurles (roll number 1811)

Location:
Holycross, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Liam Ó Tuathaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 001R

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 001R

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: Mainistir na Croise, Thurles
  2. XML Page 001R
  3. XML “Collection of 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. Opens like a barndoor shuts like a trap you might guess a hundred things but you wont guess that? Your mouth.
    Better than God worse than the devil if the people eat it they'll die? Nothing.
    What's the greatest wonder on the map of Europe? That Hungary would'nt eat Turkey.
    Why does a hen cross a road?
    To get to the other side.
    Why does a hen pick a pot? Because she cant lick it.
    Men may come and men may go but I go on for ever? The River.
    I have a little house and a mouse would'nt fit in it and all the men in Ireland would'nt count ever window in it? A Thimble.
    Kitty inside the wall and Kitty outside the wall if you touch Kitty
    (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