1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Killyon

School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithcheallaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0693, Page 050

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0693, Page 050

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: Killyon
  2. XML Page 050
  3. XML “Riddles”
  4. 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

  2. Riddles

    Share Share Post
    Written by
    James Gilsenan,
    Clondalee,
    Hill-of-Down,
    Co. Meath.
    Told by
    Patrick Gilsenan,
    Clondalee,
    Hill-of-Down,
    Co. Meath.
    No. 1
    What is it that lives when you feed it and dies when it drinks.
    Answer: A fire.
    No. 2.
    As I went out on a slopery gap, I met a man with a red cap. He said he
    (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
    James Gilsenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Gilsenan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clondalee Beg, Co. Meath