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School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 208

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    What dead thing carries the living
    A Ship.
    What is it that comes by sea and burn by land
    Coal
    What County fits into a bottle
    Co Cork.
    Humpy backed father, hollow hearted mother and three little children
    A Pot.
    Father, mother brother, and sister
    running all day and cannot keep up
    to one and other
    The four wheels of a motor car.
    He came to my door legless and
    staffless and he said Jane Pen keep your hen I am not afraid of your dog.
    A worm.
    Humpy Dumpy on the wall Humpy
    Dumpy got a bad fall, all the king's horses and all the king's men could
    not put Humpy, Dumpy together again.
    A Rotten egg.
    What is the strongest thing in the world
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford