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

School: Kilcomreagh (roll number 9429)

Location:
Kilcumreragh, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
B. Hickey
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 130

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 130

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: Kilcomreagh
  2. XML Page 130
  3. 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

  1. Riddles (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    withal.
    Ans: A tailor's thimble.
    30. Which is the best County for a bankrupt to live in?
    Ans. Mayo (may owe)
    31.Why is a river lazy?
    Ans. Because it is always in its bed.
    32. What is it that you have and I have not and yet I make more use of it than you that have it?
    Ans. Your name.
    33. Twin brothers are we, great burdens we bear, with grief we are sorely oppressed, we are full all the day, but, sorry to say, we are empty when we go to rest.
    Ans. A pair of boots.
    34. Black I am and much admired men do seek me till they're tired, cut my head, and scrape my face, and take me from my dwelling place.
    Ans: Turf
    (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
    Thomas Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rosemount, Co. Westmeath