School: Oylegate (roll number 5918)

Location:
Oilgate, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Braoin
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  1. I was going up a hill there were two white men and one black in a car What is the number of the car
    2 8 1.
    What trees reminds us of pounds Shillings and pence
    Golden Gorse, Silver Birch and Copper Beech.

    What is the difference between tight shoes and an oak tree.
    One makes the corns ache and the other makes acorns
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Hink hank under the bank ten drawing four
    A woman milking a cow.
    Said a child to its father How is it
    that you are my father and I am
    not your son. What relation was the child to its father
    A Daughter.
    Black and white and read all over
    A Newspaper.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Neville
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynaslaney, Co. Wexford