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Riddles

Abstract: Story collected by Dellie O Connor, a student at Maigh Locha (Cailíní) school (Moylough, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0081/3/9

 Maigh Locha (Cailíní) [Vol. 0081, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

COLLECTOR
Connor, Dellie O 
Gender
female
Location
Tiaquin (Barony) 
Galway (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Riddles  [duchas:4596969]

Q: What is it that walked in the wood with hair on it, grew in the wood with leaves on it, and now it is dead and gone and full of eye holes and live bones in it?
A: a clog
Q: Why should a doctor

Riddles  [duchas:4596970]

Keep his temper
A: Because he would lose his patience (patience)
Q: What wig is never worn
A: An ear wig
Q: What has never more than one foot?
A: A stocking
Q: Forty people went under an umbrella and how is it that they never got wet?
A: Because it was not raining
Q: Headed like a thimble

Riddles  [duchas:4596971]

Tailed like a rat you may guess forever but you can not guess that
A: A pipe
Q: Why is a school mistress like the letter C?
A: Because she forms lasses into classes

Resource description

Origin information
Moylough, Co. Galway
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 241-243
Volume 0081
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles--Tomhaiseanna
School location
Moylough Maigh Locha Moylough Tiaquin Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4632532
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0081/3/9

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_4632532>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin.
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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