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School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Aghamore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
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    The side that is not eaten.
    A man went to market and he had twenty pence with him and he bought three classes of fowl and he bought twenty fowl altogether. He bought geese at three-pence each, snipe at a half-penny each, and partridge at farthing each. How much of each did he buy?
    He bough four geese fourteen snipe and two partridge. He paid one shilling for the geese. He paid sevenpence and a halfpenny for the snipe and a halfpenny for the partridge.
    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
    James Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Donnely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Carrowneden, Co. Mayo