Riddles

Abstract: Story collected by Proinnsias Ó Coiligh, a student at Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar school (Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0233/3/22

Loading...School Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar [Vol. 0233, Chapter 0003]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Roscommon Schools

COLLECTOR
Coiligh, Proinnsias Ó
Gender
male
Location
Boyle (Barony)
Roscommon (County)

transcribed at

 

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33. It is on you, but you do not wear, or you do not see it.
Answer : Your name.
34. Why is a curran cake like the ocean.
Answer : Because it has currants in it.
35. I saw a duck go swimming down the river and a cat sitting on her tail.
Answer: The cat was

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sitting on her own tail.
36. What is it that is full and holds more.
Answer: A pot of potatoes.
37. As red as an apple, as green as grass, and as black as ink.
Answer: A blackberry.
38. I am hard, and I am soft I have feet in twenty-one days.
Answer: An egg.
39. What have you that the table has.
Answer: A name.
40. What never was, what never will be, stretch out your hand and you will see.
Answer: Two fingers the same length.
41. Why is a flea like a

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train?
Answer : Because the both run on sleepers.
42. Spell Dublin in two letters.
Answer : wn.
43. Why is a turkey like a race-horse.
Answer : Because the quicker you lick them the faster they go.

Origin information
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 427-429
Volume 0233
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh.
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles--Tomhaiseanna
School location
KnockvicarCnoc an BhiocáireKnockvicarArdcarnBoyleRoscommon
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5200677
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0233/3/22

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_5200677>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh.
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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