School: Ballynacargy (B.) (roll number 1731)
- Location:
- Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: E. Mac Óda
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 497
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- Long legs short thighs, little head and no eyes.
A tongs.
As I went out a muddy gap I met a man with a red cap. A stick in his hand a stone in his middle riddle me that and I will give you a fiddle.
A Haw.
Black and white and red all over.
A newspaper.
Four stick standers
Four willy wanders
A hooker a pooker
And a wag about
A cow.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty got a great fall
All the Kings horses and all the Kings men
cound not put Humpty Dumpty together again.
An egg.
What will go up a chimney down but cannot go down a chimney up.
An Umbrella.
Round the house and round the house and sleeps in a corner at night.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Lyons
- Gender
- Male
