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Riddles

Abstract: Story collected by Olive Steacy, a student at Clough school (Clogh, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0889/3/3

 Clough [Vol. 0889, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Wexford Schools

COLLECTOR
Steacy, Olive 
Gender
female
Location
Toberanierin Lower (Townland) 
Liskinfere (Civil parish) 
Gorey (Barony) 
Wexford (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Riddles  [duchas:5005058]

Riddles

Olive Steacy, Tobarneering, Gorey.

What is the smallest room in the world? A mushroom

Where was the first potato found?
In the ground.

What goes up the ladder with their heads?
Nails in your boots.

When you want to light a lamp what is it your light first?
A match.

As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, a hand of a woman and the whole of a man. A penny.

Resource description

Origin information
Clogh, Co. Wexford
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 156
Volume 0889
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Gráinne Ní Mhaitiú.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles--Tomhaiseanna
School location
Clogh An Chloch Clogh Liskinfere Gorey Wexford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5132961
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0889/3/3

Suggested credit
"Riddles"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5132961>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Gráinne Ní Mhaitiú.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

School location

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