Riddles

Abstract: Story collected by Patrick Dunne, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0774/3/40

 Allenwood [Vol. 0774, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Kildare Schools

COLLECTOR
Dunne, Patrick 
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

Riddles  [duchas:4741300]

Q. Why does a cow dribble?
A. Because she cannot spit.

Q. Around the wood and round the wood and never tips (?) the wood.
A. The bark of a tree.

Riddles  [duchas:4741301]

People with the same name before they were married can cure the wildfire and the whooping cough. The person that cures the wildfire has to cut his finger and rub a drop of blood on the person that has the wildfire and he has to do it three times. People who have pains in their legs and arms go to a well called Father Moore's well in Rathbride. People say that it is a holy well. Many people were cured when

Resource description

Origin information
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 197-198
Volume 0774
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles--Tomhaiseanna
School location
Allenwood Fiodh Alúine Allenwood Kilmeage Connell Kildare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783876
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0774/3/40

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_4783876>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.

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