School: An Chathair Gharbh (roll number 13896)

Location:
Cahergarriff, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Criostóir Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 393

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  1. Q -
    A man had 8 gallons of oil in an 8 gallon measure. He wanted to divide in 2 equal parts, out of the 8 gall measure & he had only a five gall & 3 gall measure. How did he do it?
    A -
    First he filled the 5 gall tin. Then he filled the 3 gall measure out of the 5.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean S O Suilliobháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Fuhur, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Ellen Murphy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80