School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)

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The Fool of Rathcroghan (continued)

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and asked what he wanted. He says, I want my wife and three children. Know you, my Lord? I could have killed you and ninety times as much men if you had them but I spared you. The king said, I thank you. I will give you your wife and children and I will build a small palace for you and them and give you half my dominion for a living and I will keep you for a life guard and never again will I feed a soldier to protect me. Instead of being a fool the man from Croghan became the greatest statesman in Scotland.
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A Hidden Treasure

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A Hidden Treasure
There is a treasure supposed to be hidden under a whitethorn bush which is growing near the roadside and in the fence between Pat

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