School: Na Cealla (Kells) (roll number 8148)

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   first and throw it into the five gallon jar, and fill the three gallon jar again and throw two gallons of it into the five gallon jar and leave the other gallon of water in the three gallon jar. Then emtpy the five gallon jar and throw the gallon that was left in the three gallon jar into the five gallon jar, fill again the three gallon jar and throw it into the five gallon jar, and then fill three gallon jar, then you would have four gallons of water in the five galloon jar and three in the other and that would be seven.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Ó Muircheartaigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kells, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Míceál Ó Módhrán

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Roads, Co. Kerry