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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Riddle entitled 'Aiseag na h-Aimhne', c1862

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/33
Scope and Contents

Riddle entitled 'Aiseag na h-Aimhne' in which an old man, an old woman and their two sons arrive at a river but the ferry can only hold a ton. The old man and woman are a ton each and their sons are half a ton each so the listener has to solve the problem of how they all get across.

Dates: c1862

Riddle entitled 'An Togsaid', c1862

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/32
Scope and Contents

Riddle entitled 'An Togsaid' [The Hogshead] in which a hogshead of wine is washed ashore and two men, one with a three gallon vessel and the other with a five gallon vessel are to share it out. The riddle is solved by pouring wine between all three vessels.

Dates: c1862

Riddle entitled 'Ceistean' about two fishermen, c1862

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/31
Scope and Contents

Riddle entitled 'Ceistean' about two fishermen in which the listener has to guess the number of fish each man has caught.

Dates: c1862