School: Carlingford (C.) (roll number 13582)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ní Mhártain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 104
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: Carlingford (C.)
- XML Page 104
- 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
- Riddles
Q. What goes up the chimney down and wont come down the chimney up?
A. An umbrella.
Q. How do we know that a camel is a bad-tempered creature?
A. Because it always has it back up.
Q. What is put on the table, cut, served, but never eaten?
A. A pack of cards.
Q. Why does a hen cross the road?
A. To get to the other side.
Q. Why is the letter C something of a magician?
A. Because it turn "ash" into "Cash"
Q. How should we dress on a cold winter's day?
A. As quickly as possible.
Q. When do people eat furniture?
A. When they eat vege tables.
Q. A car that a gentleman drives in a ling that is caught in the sea ford is the name of the river.
Put that together and spell it for me.
A. Carlingford.
Q. What goes round the world with its head down
A. A nail in the mans boot.(continues on next page)
