School: Cill Fhínghín (roll number 16222)

Location:
Killeeneen More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. A fish's tail weighs nine pounds and the head is as heavy as the tail and half the body and the body as heavy as the head and tail. What is the weight of the fish?
    Ans=72lbs
    If a brick weighs three pounds and a half a brick, what will a brick and a half weigh?
    Ans=9lbs
    A man has an eight gallon cask full of porter and he has also another empty three gallon cask. A man comes to him with a five gallon cask to get four gallons of porter. How does he give it to him?
    Ans= He fills the three gallon cask first and throws it into the five gallon cask. He then fills the three gallon cask and throws two gallons into the five gallon cask. He turns the five gallons into the eight gallon cask and the one gallon that is in the three gallon cask he turns it into the five gallon cask. Then he fills the three gallon cask (gallon) and turns it into the five gallon cask. Then he has four gallons in the five gallon cask.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andrew Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lavally, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Tommy Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    24
    Address
    Lavally, Co. Galway