The Schools’ Collection

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  1. Rhymes

    CBÉS 0137B

    Page 18_029

    Humpty dumty sat on the wall humpty dumty got a great fall all the Kings horses and all the Kings men could not get humpty dumty together again.
    An egg.
  2. Riddles

    CBÉS 0224

    Page 069

    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty got a great fall, all the king's horses and all the king's men, would not put Humpty Dumpty together again. An egg.
    What is full of holes and yet holds water= a sponge.
  3. Riddles

    CBÉS 0349

    Page 091

    Humpty, Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty, Dumpty got a great fall, all the King's army and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty, Dumpty together again?
    A broken egg.
  4. Riddles

    CBÉS 0555

    Page 293

    Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty dumpty got a great fall all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again.
    Answer - An egg.
  5. Riddles

    CBÉS 0128

    Page 390

    1 A hundred sheep went out a gap. The shepherd and his dog followed them how many feet was that. Answer = Two feet.
    2 Humpty, Dumpty, sat on a wall, humpty, dumpty, got a great fall all the kings horses adn all the kings men could not put humpty dumpty together again. Answer = An egg.
    3. What goes up when the rain comes down? Answer = Umbrella.
  6. Riddles

    CBÉS 0775

    Page 187

    Your nse.
    Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, humpty dumpty had a great fall, King Edward and all his men couldn't put humpty dumoty together again!
    An Egg
  7. Other Riddles

    CBÉS 0265

    Page 230

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    Humpty dumpty sat on the wall,
    Humpty dumpty got a great fall
    All the king horses all the kings men
    Could not put humpty together again.
    (Ann egg)
  8. Riddles

    CBÉS 0501

    Page 348

    Long legged father, big belly mother, three little children and they all the one colour:- A pot hooks and pot.
    As I went up a steeple I met three christian people, they were neither men, women nor children, but still they were three christian people:- A man woman and child.
    How would you get down from a kicking ass:- You could not get down because it is from a duck down is got.
    Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, Humpty Dumpty got a great fall, all the kings horses and all the king's men could not put Humpty Dumpty together again:-
    A broken egg.
  9. Riddles

    CBÉS 1001

    Page 296

    41. A fellow met a fellow in a field of beans, says a fellow to a fellow can a fellow tell a fellow what a fellow mean? How many f's in that? None. Ans. that.
    42. A pot of porridge in a pot 2 days old. If you are a scholar as you pretend spell that without a p. Ans. that.
    43. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall humpty dumpty got a great fall all the King's horses and all the King's men could not put humpty together again. Ans. an egg.
    44. Riddle me Riddle me Nancy O, my father gave me some seed to sow, the seed was black the ground was white, if
  10. Riddles

    CBÉS 1012

    Page 212

    Ans: Both are alway looking for a bite
    Ques: humpty Dumpty sat on a wall humpty Dumpty got a great fall, All the kings and all the kings men could'nt put humpty dumpty together again?
    Ans: An egg
    Quest: What beats a good wife?
    Ans: A bad husband
  11. Games

    CBÉS 0094

    Page 157

    Humpty Dumpty Teddy bow-wow
    3.
    I'm riding here to marry
    Marry
    Marry
    I'm riding here to marry
    Humpty Dumpty Teddy bow-wow
    4.
    Who are you going to marry
    Marry
    Marry
    Who are you going to marry
    Humpty Dumpty Teddy bow-wow
    5.
    I'm going to marry Margret Timlin
    Margret Timlin
    Margret Timlin
    I'm going to marry Margret Timlin
    Humpty Dumpty Teddy bow-wow
    6.
    She looks so black and dirty
    Dirty
    Dirty
    She looks so black and dirty
    Humpty Dumpty Teddy bow-wow
  12. Riddles

    CBÉS 0033B

    Page 10_003

    H necause it is in the midst of washing.
    7. What kind of a wig can a barber not make. An earwig
    8. What has a head and no eyes. A Match
    9. Twenty sick (six) sheep went out a gap one died how many came back. Nineteen
    10. Humpty Dumpty sat on a humpty dumpty got a great fall all the kings horses and all the kings men wouldent put humpty dumpty together again. An Egg
    11. Over gravel I did travel on stick I did stand, I rode a mare that never foaled and held the bridle in my ha... A Ship
  13. Riddles

    CBÉS 0033B

    Page 11_021

    What is under the fire, over the fire and never touches the fire. (Ans) A cake.
    Little nancy etty coat, white petticoat the longer it stands the shorter it grows. (Ans) A candle.
    Middy Noddy round body three feet and a wooden had. (Ans) A pot.
    Humpty Dumpty sat in the wall Humpty Dumpty got a great fall all the king's horses, and all the king's men could not put humpty dumpty together again. (Ans) An egg.
    What is the deepest in the world. (Ans) A tailor's thimble.
    When was beef the highest price. (Ans) When the cow jumped over the moon.
    What is the last thing you
  14. Riddles

    CBÉS 0216

    Page 191

    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men would not put Humpty together again. Answer An egg
    What goes and never moves?
    Answer _ A clock
    As round as an apple, as plump as a ball, can climb the Church over steeple and all.
    Ans. The Sun
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup, all the men in Derry would not lift it up?
    As round as an apple.
  15. Riddles

    CBÉS 0417

    Page 300

    Answer: Ballyheique chapel.
    A little white sound house. It is full of meat. It has no doors or windows to let me into cat ?
    Answer: An egg
    Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty got a great fall. All the King's horses, and all the King's men, could not put Humpty Dumpty to-gether again ?
    Answer: An egg.
    Four legs up, and four down, soft in the middle, and all round?
    Answer: A bed.
  16. Riddles

    CBÉS 0532

    Page 007

    on its way where did I want to go to? (morrow)
    As round as an apple as deep as a cup all the men in Ireland couldn't pull it up. (a well)
    Humpty dumpty sat on a wall humpty dumpty got a great fall all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty together again. (An egg)
    What is the difference between a jeweller and a jaolar? (one sells watches and the other watches sells.)
    When is butter like Irish children? (When its made into Pats)
    What side of the mug is the handle at? (The outside)
  17. Riddles

    CBÉS 0567

    Page 214

    or span by the hands of any man
    I washed them in the dew of the grass and I dried them in the sun.
    Humpty dumpty sat on a wall humpty dumpty got a great fall and all the kings horses and all the kingsmen could not put humpty dumpty together again
    An egg
    A man with no eyes saw apples on a tree he neither took apples or left apples and how could that be
    A man with one eye saw two apples on a tree he took one and left one.
    Two n's two o's an L and a O put that together and spell it for me
    London
  18. A Collection of Riddles

    CBÉS 0694

    Page 098

    Ans. An egg
    Why does a black man never tell his secrets. Ans. Because he always keeps dark
    Why is spring dangerous time of the. Ans. Because the buds begin to shoot
    Why does a hen pick a pot. Ans. Because she can't lick it
    Humpty Dumpty sat on wall. Humpty Dumpty got a great fall all the kings horses and all the kings men could not put Humpty together again. Ans. An egg
    Why does a hen cross the road. Ans. To get to the other side
  19. Riddles

    Q Forty sheep went out in a gap...

    CBÉS 0833

    Page 143

    Q. Four stick-standers, four merry-landers, two hookers, two crookers, two looking-glasses, and a fly-beater? A cow
    Q One fine day in the middle of the night two dead men got out to fight. Two blind men were looking on. Two lame men ran for the police, and two dummies shouted "Help, help, hurry on? A lie.
    Q What is it that goes up and down, up and down, wears boots, and has none? A football.
    Q As round as an apple. As deep as a cup, and all the king's horses could not pull it up? A well.
    Q. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty together again? An egg.
    Q Riddle me, riddle me randio, my father gave me seed to sow. The seed was black and the ground was white, riddle me that and I'll give you a pipe? A person writing a letter.
  20. Riddles

    CBÉS 1112

    Page 524

    Humpty dumpty sat on a wall
    Humpty dumpty got a great fall
    All the kings horses and all the king's men
    Couldn't put humpty together again?
    Answer: An egg
    Chip, chip, cherry, all the men in Derry
    Couldn't climb, chip, chip, cherry?
    Answer: Smoke