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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

Location:
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0885, Page 095

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  1. Riddles (continued)

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    Black and white and is read all over . " Newspaper ".
    As high as a wall as red as blood as white as milk and as sweet as honey . " An apple on a tree ".
    What is the great mistery of Europe.
    " That Hungary don't eat Turkey ".
    Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty got a great fall all the Kings horses and all the Kings men could not put Humpty together again " An Egg ".
    What is a ladder you could not climb .
    " A ladder in a sock ".
    Three legs on the ground a big black stomach, two short ears on the top.
    " A Pot ".
    Queen Victoria built a ship an in this ship her daughter sat an I'll be killed to tell her name an thats three times I've told it.
    " Ann ".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Devereux
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlebridge, Co. Wexford