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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0384

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    Q Long ago the old people in every district used to have a lot of puzzles, here are some of them. There was a father and a mother, brother and sister, Uncle and Aunt, and two first cousins living in a house and yet there was only four people in the house.
    A Supposing there was a brother and sister living in a house and the sister got married and they had one son. The brother got married and they had a daughter. Supposing then the the sisters husband died and afterwards the brother's wife died. Then the sister and her son came and lived with her brother and his daughter and that is why four
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Stephen Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tonmoyle, Co. Galway