School: Baile Sluagh (Ballysloe), Gleann Guail, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 573)

Location:
Ballysloe, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Seán Ó Dubhshláine
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0561, Page 120

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0561, Page 120

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: Baile Sluagh (Ballysloe), Gleann Guail, Dúrlas Éile
  2. XML Page 120
  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. (continued from previous page)
    put Humpty Dumpty together again.
    Answer: An egg.
    How many cow's tails would reach the sky?
    Answer: One if it was long enough.
    Londonderry, Cork and Kerry; spell me that without a K?
    Answer: t.h.a.t.
    On yonder hill there lies a deer with silver horns bright and clear, neither fish flesh, feather or bone, but on this hill he lies alone.
    Answer: Beam of sun.
    Why is a window like a sick man?
    Answer: Because it has a pane.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English