Bray Emmets GAA Club

December 27 2024
€18,500

Draw Details for August 30 2024

Lotto Numbers Drawn
6 14 17 27

Prize	Value	Winners
Jackpot Match 4 numbers to win/share.	€ 16,900.00	0

There was no Jackpot winner this week with the Jackpot standing at €16,900. The winner of the Lucky Dip for €25 was Robert Murphy. Congratulations Robert.

Answers to quizzes at end of newsletter

GAA County Nicknames:

Cavan: “The Breffni County”

Cavan is also known as The Lake County (you’ve got some competition there, Westmeath!) But its primary nickname is due to the fact that what is now known as Cavan was once the seat of the medieval kingdom of East Breffni in the later Middle Ages.

Groaner of the Week:

What did the right eye say to the left eye? Honestly, between you and me something smells.

Riddle of the Week:

I have a head and a tail that will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat. What am I?

Seanfhocail na Seachtain:

“Gheobhaidh foighne fortacht.”

“Everything comes to him that waits.”

This or That:

Pick between the two items below and see if you’re right.

How many times did Afghanistan change its national flag in the 20^th century: 7 times or 18 times?

On This Day: On this day in 1146 European leaders outlaw the use of the crossbow. Their intention being to end all wars!

Brain Teaser:

A California farmer owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery shop. The store owner calls the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to buy. The farmer knows the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?

Answers to this week’s puzzles:

Riddle of the Week: A coin

‘This or That’: 18 times. On average they changed their flag every five and a half years. From 1996-97 they had a plain white flag and from 1900-1901 they had a plain black flag.

Brain Teaser:

None – a pear tree doesn’t grow plums.