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Rh nuts, and hares, and a great pot to cook them in.

. Why don’t your friends tell you where buried treasures are?

. Why don’t they make you dream about treasures? If one dreams three times there is always treasure.

[holding out his hat]. Give me pennies! Give me pennies!

[They throw pennies into his hat. He is standing close to the door, that he may hold out his hat to each newcomer.

. Master, will you have Teigue the Fool for a scholar?

. Teigue, will you give us your pennies if we teach you lessons? No, he goes to school for nothing on the mountains. Tell us what you learn on the mountains, Teigue?

. Be silent all! [He has been standing silent, looking away.] Stand still in your places, for there is something I would have you tell me.

[A moment's pause. They all stand round in their places. still stands at the door.

. Is there any one amongst you who believes in God? In Heaven? Or in Purgatory? Or in Hell?

. No one, Master! No one! Rh