Riddles

Abstract: Story collected by Séamus Mac Alainn, a student at Brittas school (Brittas, Co. Dublin) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0794/4/20

 Brittas [Vol. 0794, Chapter 0004]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Dublin Schools

COLLECTOR
Alainn, Séamus Mac 
Gender
male
Location
Tallaght (Civil parish) 
Uppercross (Barony) 
Dublin (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Riddles  [duchas:4386670]

Hairy out side tough in the skin too things wagging and one going in.? Answer a pig eating.
When it is open it is shut when it is shut it is open.? Answer a Railway gate.
What is it that you can do and that God cannot do.? Answer sit in your 
masters chair.
I have a little house and a mouse would not fit in it and all the men in town could not count all the windows in it.? Answer a temble.
Black and white and red all over?
Answer a News Paper.

Resource description

Origin information
Brittas, Co. Dublin
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 395
Volume 0794
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles--Tomhaiseanna
School location
Brittas An Briotás Brittas Tallaght Uppercross Dublin
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4456782
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0794/4/20

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_4456782>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher B. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh.
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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