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School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

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Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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    them in and yoked them to the plough, and ploughed the garden. Then he told him for to take the horses without letting the four men see him. That night Ned set a dozen trapes for rabbits. He caught eleven rabbits, seven of them were alive and four were dead. The dead ones were no good to him, so he sold them. He brought the seven live ones in a sack to the kings palace but he did not let the king see them
    He hid the rabbits and he went in for his breakfast. He came out and got the rabbits The four men were ploughing, every man had a horse. The men did not know about Ned at,
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1525: The Master Thief
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harry Smith
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moydrum or Bogstown, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Paddy Mooney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Park, Co. Meath