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School: Cill Dá Lua (B.)

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Killaloe, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 011

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    This is a puzzle or riddle which exercises the ingenuity of grown-ups in this locality, the village of Newtown, one hundred yards north of Killaloe live John Bond, father and James Bond, son, Father and son married two sisters, now Mrs Mary Bond (the Father's wife) Sons have been born to both father and son, Pathrick is the father's son and Michael is the son's son. The puzzle is to trace relationship between the various people mentioned.
    In the first place the children are first cousins as there mothers are sisters, but is also Michael's uncle, as Patrick is brother to Michael's father. In the second place Mrs Mary Bond, being the wife of John Bond, father, is step-mother of Mrs Jane Bond. She is also her
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Toher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    John Niall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Killaloe, Co. Clare