School: Mullach na Sídhe (C.) (roll number 15426)
- Location:
- Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0239, Page 216
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- (continued from previous page)So he said to his oldest Son you will take half the flock and to the second he said you will take the one (of) third of them and to his third (forth) son he said you will take 1/9 of them. So after he said his last word of the will he died. In a few days after the three sons went out to count the asses and the found there were only 17 asses in the flock. And the ["also" interlined] found out the (t) could not divide them in this way. so the asked every body's advise.
Answer | After a week the went to the parish priest and asked him what would the do and the priest gave them his ass to make it easyier for them to divide and that made 18 asses.
The (did) divided them then
1/2 of 18 = 9 ) 1/3 of 18 = 6 ) and the 1/9 of 18 = 2.
9 + 6 + 2 = 17 and the priest got his ass back again
- Collector
- Kathleen Drury
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisduff, Co. Roscommon
