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School: An Druipseach

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Dripsey, Co. Cork
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Seán Ó Tuathaigh
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    A mule and an ass were carrying burden of several small bags of flour. The mule complained saying to the ass one of your bags added to mine would make my load double yours. Hush said the ass if my master heard you he would put six of my bags on you and your load would be three and a half times mine, find how many bags had each.
    Answer ass 16, mule 29.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Herlihy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr John Ring
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Agharinagh, Co. Cork