School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt

Location:
Effernan, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Seán de Nógla
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    Puzzles.
    Q.A blind beggar had a brother.That brother died what relation was the blind beggar to the brother that died?.
    A.A Sister
    Q.If your uncles sister is not your Aunt what relation is she to you?
    A.Your Mother.
    Q.Make three and a half dozen out of nine articles ?
    A.Six and three nines.
    Q.How long would it take a snail to climb a twenty foot pole ,if he climbed two feet by day and fell a foot by night?
    A.Nineteen days
    Q.Two men went into a shop with two baskets of eggs and one woman said to the other,"Give me a dozen of your eggs and I will have twice as many as you".How many dozen had each of them?
    A.One had seven and the other had five.
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