School: Ballinvally (C.) (roll number 932)
- Location:
- Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Nic Shiomóin
![The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 055](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbes/CBES_0724%2FCBES_0724_055.jpg?width=1600&quality=85)
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 055
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: Ballinvally (C.)
- XML Page 055
- 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
- (continued from previous page)Riddles.43. What has head but no face? A match.
44. What goes up white and comes down
yellow? An egg.
45. Smoke in the wood and no fire?
Manure.
46. It isn't my (father) brother, it isn't my
father and mother. Myself.
47. As I looked out the window I saw a
wonderful thing, the dead carrying the
living. A ship carrying a crew.
48. What has an eys and can't see? A
needle.
49. The more you take out the bigger it gets.
A hole.
50. What is full but holds more. A pot of
potatoes and pour water in.
51. On what day of the year is a soldier most
tired? On the first of April after 31 days of
March.