School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)
- Location:
- Oilgate, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Braoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0886, Page 213
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One goes up and the other goes down.Up chip cherry down chip cherry all the men in Ireland could not catch chip cherry.
Smoke.As black as ink, as red as blood as green as grass what's that.
A Blackberry.
- What goes up the ladder on its head.
A nail in a boot.What is cut and given out around
the table and cant be eaten.
CardsWhat is the loudest thing in the world.
A candle because it is able to wake the dead.On the sand I did walk. On the oak I did stand. I rode a mare that never had a foal and held the bridle(continues on next page)
