School: Termon
- Location:
- Termon, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Cooney
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0980, Page 079
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: Termon
- XML Page 079
- 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)the least ? - February because it is the shortest.
9. What does a young lady look for but does not wish to find? - A hole in her her stocking.
10. What becomes of a stone when thrown in water. (It becomes wet)
11. What turns without moving?-
A crock of milk turns sour
12. What did I see people drinking soup with ? With my eyes
13. What goes up white and comes down yellow. A broken egg.
14. What goes from house to house but lies outside at night ? A path.
15. Queen of Morocco built a ship and (Ann) in that ship her daughter sat and I'd be killed for telling you that and that's three times I have told you?- Her name was Ann.
16. Little Jinney Huddle sitting in a puddle and a green peticoat
- Informant
- Mary Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryhum, Co. Cavan
