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School: Drumcoghill

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Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
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Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 236

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  1. A Story

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
        2. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan

  2. Problem

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    Two women were going to market with eggs. Said one to the other "give me an egg and I'll have twice as much as you", No, but if but if you give me an egg, both of us will have the same number.
    Ans. 5 & 7
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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