Bray Emmets GAA Club
Draw Details for April 13 2025
| Prize |
Value |
Winners |
Jackpot
Match 4 numbers to win/share. |
€ 20,000.00 |
0 |
There was no on-line Jackpot winner this week with the Jackpot standing at a staggering €20,000.
The draw takes place live each Sunday night at 9.00pm in the clubhouse. Manual entries will be checked for winners after the on-line draw. In the event of winners among both the on-line and manual tickets the jackpot will be split equally.
The winner of the on-line Lucky Dip for €25 was Patti Moynihan. Congratulations Patti.
Focal na Seachtain:
Each week we’ll have a word or a phase in Irish. Why not join in and try and use it in your conversations during the week.
“Bhí mí-ádh linn!” = “We were lucky!”
Dad Joke/ Groaner of the Week:
“Waiter what is this stuff?”
“That’s bean salad, sir”
“I don’t care about what it has been. I want to know what it is now.”
Tales of Ó Muireartaigh: The commentaries of Michael Ó M are the stuff of legend.
“Brian Lohan with a long clearance…Lohan, the man with the strength of two horses…”
Seanfhocail na Seachtain:
“Tarraingíonn scéal scéal eile”
“One story attracts another story.”
This or That:
Pick between the two items below and see if you’re right.
After Canada what country has the longest coastline in the world: Norway or Australia?
They Said It:
“Its memories of matches and fellas you played with that you’ll bring to the grave.”
- Iconic Cork hurling goalkeeper Dónal Ó Cusack
Brain Teaser of the week:
Which creature walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
Old Irish Customs:
The website duchas.ie has a treasure trove of Irish customs from times past. There are also many other sources of the ways of old:
If a person is going on a journey and if he meets a red-headed woman people say its right to turn back again. If a person puts on his stocking inside out by mistake, that you will be lucky. If you see the cat with his back to the fire it is the sign of rain. If there is a ring around the moon it is the sign of rain also. If a [blank] eats grass it is the sign of a storm. If a dog eats raw potatoes, it is the sign of storm also. If a person comes into a house and they are making butter the person should give a hand or he will take away the butter. It is not right to take a drink when the butter is making also. When a person is going on a journey he should bring a grain of salt in his pocket. If you see the wild duck fly north it is the sign of rain.
Answers to this week’s puzzles:
This or That:
Norway. Norway has a very irregular winding coast, so has a huge length of coast being a relatively small country.
Brain Teaser of the Week:
Man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a stick as an old man.
