Premise: The first was : Whether Ireland or Scotland was first inhabited ?<br>The second was : Whether man was made for woman , or woman for man ?<br>The third was : Whether men or brutes were made first ?<br>The lad not being able to answer one of these questions , the Red Etin took a mace and knocked him on the head , and turned him into a pillar of stone .
Hypothesis: Ireland was inhabited before Scotland.