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School: Tulach Ruacháin

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Tulrohaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál de Bhaldraithe
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    I have a fox, a goose and a sheaf of oats and I want to bring them across a river. I can only bring one at a time and I don't want to leave either goose and sheaf, or goose and fox together. How am I to do it?
    First take the goose across. Return and take the sheaf on second journey. On returning bring goose back to original place and take the fox over to sheaf now return for goose.
    What is it that you have and I use it more than you. Your name.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Redhill, Co. Mayo