School: Cloncarneel
- Location:
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhreacáin
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Cloncarneel
- XML Page 201
- 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
- What has a swelled head and stands on on leg? A head of cabbage.
What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.
What is the best thing to put in a cake? Your teeth.
What is it that has a tongue and cannot speak? A boot.
What is the best board of health? The cupboard.
What has a head and no face? A match.
What has an eye and cannot see? A needle.
What wig is it hard for a barber to make? An earwig.
What has a face and no head? A watch.
Spell black water in three letters? ink.
These riddles were collected by Alice Mc Nally Carnisle, Kildakey, Co. Meath.- Collector
- Alice Mc Nally
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloncarneel, Co. Meath