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School: St Peter's, Phibsboro

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Baile Phib, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
Teacher:
Ss. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0799, Page 197

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  1. Traditional Problems and Questions (continued)

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    Example:-
    "How many prods of a beggarman's stick would gather a stone of spuds?"
    "How many yards of buttermilk would make a pair of trousers for a goat?"
    "How many thorns on an acre of whins?"
    Many of the traditional arithmetical problems current in rural Ireland may be traced back to Robert Recorde's Arithmetic a standard text book in the Seventeenth century.
    Rhyme:-
    "Multiplication is veration,
    Divisions twice as bad
    The Rule of Three it puzzles me,
    And fractions set me mad".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. tomhaiseanna (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Breathnach
    Gender
    Male