School: Ballinagore (C.) (roll number 16341)
- Location:
- Ballynagore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Miss A. Heduan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 197
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: Ballinagore (C.)
- XML Page 197
- 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)197
What is it? A Candle.
What is it that goes round the house and round the house and sleeps on its head at night? A brush
Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess forever but you cannot guess that. A pipe.
Under the water and over the water and never touches a bit of the water. What is it? The sun.
As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the kings horses would not draw it up. What is it? A well.
As round as an apple as flat as a pan. One side a women and the other side a man. What is it? A penny.
As round as an(continues on next page)
