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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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Callan, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
An Mháthair M. Síle
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    he leaves the goose and the corn alone, the goose will eat the corn. How can he safely take them all over the river?
    Answer. Take goose over, return and take fox over, bring goose back, take corn over, return for goose.

    A boy, driving home some ducks, was asked how many he had. He replied, "When in line there are two ducks behind a duck, and one duck in the middle." How many had he?
    Answer. Three.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Liathán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baunta, Co. Kilkenny