Counting
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Riddle entitled 'Aiseag na h-Aimhne', c1862
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.
Riddle entitled 'An Togsaid', c1862
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.
Riddle entitled 'Ceistean' about two fishermen, c1862
Riddle entitled 'Ceistean' about two fishermen in which the listener has to guess the number of fish each man has caught.