School: Fearglass (roll number 15616)

Location:
Fearglass South, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Proinnsias Ó Floinn
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    how would I do it.
    A. I bought 19 cows at £95, one bullock at £1 and 80 calves at £4 so that is my catch.
    R. Two boys were going to the shop one of them said to the other give me an egg and I will have as much as you the other said give me one and I will have twice as much as you how much had they.
    A One had five and the other had seven.
    R Two loaves, two half loaves, one quarter loaf, how much could the fiddler and the King and his wife get.
    A As much as they bought.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ross More, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Dan Gray
    Gender
    Male