School: Coracrin
- Location:
- Corracrin, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Dhuibhghlinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0960, Page 105
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: Coracrin
- XML Page 105
- XML “Riddles”
- XML “Halloween Night”
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)me to my journey's end?
Answer The turf.
14) What has two legs and cannot walk?
Answer. One pair of trousers.
15) What sort of wig can a barber not make?
Answer. An earwig.
16) What people never live long?
Answer. Dwarfs
17) Which is the cleanest letter in the alphabet
Answer. H. because it is in the middle of washing.
18) Why is the letter F, like a banana skin?
Answer. Because the both make all Fill.
19) Why is a king like a book?
Answer. Because he has pages.
Eileen Treacy Cornacrieve Emyvale Co. Monaghan
- Children often play tricks on Halloween night. They take the gates off the hinges and hides it. They put false faces on them and dress up in old clothes and sear the people and they also pre squil.
They take the peoples goats and dogs and tie them to the doors,
They steal cabbage from one mans(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eileen Treacy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cornacreeve, Co. Monaghan
