School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)

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   Once upon a time there lived a man in Co. Kildare, who owned a farm. On this land stood a rath. He told his workmen to level the rath. The men knew if they did not do as he told them, they would be sacked. Before they began to level the rath, they told the fairies not to blame them as they were only doing what they had to do. They leveled the rath and when they went in that night the old farmer began to shiver and never stopped shivering until he died.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. riddles (~7,209)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maggie Kane

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Robertstown, Co. Kildare

2. Riddles

   

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   Why does a hen run across the road?
   Because she cannot run under it.
   Why does a hen pick a pot?
   Because she cannot lick it.
   A hard working Father a lazy old mother twelve little children all the same colour?
   A clock.
   Jink, jink never takes a drink?
   A bit in a horse's mouth.
   what is that bed, well made and

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