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School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)

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Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
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Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 018

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 018

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  3. XML “The Fool of Rathcroghan”
  4. XML “A Hidden Treasure”

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  1. 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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  2. A Hidden Treasure

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Mary Cox
    Gender
    Female