School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0233, Page 230
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: Páirc na Coille
- XML Page 230
- 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. What turns but never moves.
Milk.
2. From Dublin to Cork but never walks.
A Road.
3. Why is England and Ireland like (b) and (d)
Because there is a sea between them.
4. Useful, useless, instrument often bought, but never lent, the mand who buys doesn't want it, but the man who want's it knows nothing about it.
A Coffin.
5. What is it that is too long, and if you cut off a bit its too short.
A Grave.
6. Why does a thieving cow look over the road.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Keon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreenaseer, Co. Roscommon
