On the oak I do stand,

I ride a mare that never was foaled,

And hold the bridle in my hand.

—A sailor on board ship.

See Story No. 26, p. 33. [↑]

[71] Cf. Nursery Rhymes of England (Halliwell), 93.

Irish Folk-lore Riddles, 68.

Holme riddles, 223:

(27) j have a little boy in a white cote the bigger he is the lesser he goes. [↑]

[72] Cf. West Highlands (Campbell), 2:419: