CELTIC LEGENDS
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By Mrs Fauconnier
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STORYLINE
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You are a group of trainee historians doing some researches in the maze-like cellars of Dunluce Castle in Ireland. You are studying the carvings on an ancient, mysterious stone, called an Ogham stone. Suddenly, a thick wooden door slams behind you !
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INTRODUCTION
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You are trapped in the maze of Dunluce Castle in Ireland. Get plunged into the Celtic legends. Do the activities to unveil the passwords to go to the next rooms and also to discover the code to escape.
ROOM 1
The Gates
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
ROOM 4
ROOM 5
Mystery code
If you start again, you will lose your rewards and will have to complete the missions again !
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THE MYSTERY CODE
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Watch the video and discover the top 5 monsters. Place the information correctly.
ROOM 1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10UL2t-m0vcdnprnAuidIIbkHHoKEs3OR/view?usp=sharing
Number five:
Function:
Features:
Number four:
Function:
Features:
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Number three:
Function:
Features:
Number two:
Function:
Features:
Number one:
Function:
Features:
A terrifying creature
The Dullahan
a headless rider on a black horse
The Cailleach
A winter goddess
a hag gathering
more wood
Far Dearg
a mischievous fairy
fat/ hairy skin/ a long snout and skinny tail
The Pooka
A feared spirit
shape-changer
The Banshee
a forbearer of death
dishevelled hair/
a bloodcurdling shriek
GREAT
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To open the door and go to the next room, solve the following puzzle:
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The common point between three of the five legends presented. Click on the correct animal.
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FIRST NUMBER
Go to the mystery code page
X
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Wrong!
Now, you entered room n°2. There is an audio recorder on the floor. Play it and discover the beginning of an Irish legend.
ROOM 2
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Name of the creature: -
The character's job:
What the creature wants:
ACTIVITY
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WRONG !
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Play it again.
1) Click on the pieces of information you hear about the fisherman.
2) Then, tick the correct answer(s).
ROOM 2
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rich
Exercise 1
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poor
happy
needs fish
desperate
wants to marry the mermaid
young
old
needs a wife
needs a house
has many children
2
Score:
GAME OVER
Exercise 2
a) The mermaid wants his son in exhange of giving him plenty of fish: True False
b) She wants his son: now at the age of 10
at the age of 20
c) The fisherman accepted because: He knew he was infertile . His son was 30. He was desperate. He didn't have a son yet.
WRONG !
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GREAT
The 2nd cipher of the code to open the third door is 0.
Great !
The first cipher to open the third door is 2
To open the door and go to the next room, type the right code:
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ABCD
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CE
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0
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SECOND NUMBER
Go to the mystery code page
X
ROOM 3
To be continued...
Read the introduction and answer the questions below:
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What is the age of the son? 20 / 30 / more
Do his father want to fulfill the promise he made to the mermaid? yes / no
Which animals might help the son ?
the falcon/ the otter/ the raven/the dog/
the black horse
The son is a cowherd. True/ False
On the next day he went grazing with the cows; and at last he came to a place exceedingly grassy, in a green glen, of which he never saw the like. But about the time when he should drive the cattle homewards, who should he see coming but a great giant with his sword in his hand? “HI! HO!! HOGARACH!” says the giant. “Those cattle are mine; they are on my land, and a dead man art thou.” “I know not that,” says the herd; “there is no knowing, but that may be easier to say than to do.” He drew the great clean-sweeping sword, and he neared the giant.
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GREAT
Next ...
The herd drew back his sword, and the head was off the giant in a twinkling. He leaped on the black horse, and he went to look for the giant’s house. Into the house went the herd, and that’s the place where there was money in plenty, and dresses of each kind in the wardrobe with gold and silver, and each thing finer than the other. At the mouth of night he took himself to the king’s house, but he took not a thing from the giant’s house. And when the cattle were milked this night there was milk. He got good feeding this night, meat and drink without stint, and the king was hugely pleased that he had caught such a herd.
When the time comes, the father doesn’t want to give his son to the seamaiden. At his son’s request, he asks the blacksmith to make a sword.
With the sword and his father’s black horse, the son ventures out into the world. On his way, he meets a black dog, an otter, and a falcon, arguing over the carcass of a sheep. After the young man has divided the prey for them, they all pledge their help to him when needed. The son becomes a cowherd for the king, but the land where he grazes the cows belongs to two giants.
INTRODUCTION
ROOM 3
Read the text and do the two following exercises:
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To be continued...
On the next day he went grazing with the cows; and at last he came to a place exceedingly grassy, in a green glen, of which he never saw the like. But about the time when he should drive the cattle homewards, who should he see coming but a great giant with his sword in his hand? “HI! HO!! HOGARACH!” says the giant. “Those cattle are mine; they are on my land, and a dead man art thou.” “I know not that,” says the herd; “there is no knowing, but that may be easier to say than to do.” He drew the great clean-sweeping sword, and he neared the giant.
1) Circle in orange the adjectives corresponding to the giant.
2) Circle in blue the adjectives corresponding to the son.
rich
clever
stupid
agile
heavy
slow
huge
enormous
honest
generous
powerful
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When the time comes, the father doesn’t want to give his son to the seamaiden. At his son’s request, he asks the blacksmith to make a sword.
With the sword and his father’s black horse, the son ventures out into the world. On his way, he meets a black dog, an otter, and a falcon, arguing over the carcass of a sheep. After the young man has divided the prey for them, they all pledge their help to him when needed. The son becomes a cowherd for the king, but the land where he grazes the cows belongs to two giants.
INTRODUCTION
The herd drew back his sword, and the head was off the giant in a twinkling. He leaped on the black horse, and he went to look for the giant’s house. Into the house went the herd, and that’s the place where there was money in plenty, and dresses of each kind in the wardrobe with gold and silver, and each thing finer than the other. At the mouth of night he took himself to the king’s house, but he took not a thing from the giant’s house. And when the cattle were milked this night there was milk. He got good feeding this night, meat and drink without stint, and the king was hugely pleased that he had caught such a herd.
ROOM 3
Read the text and do the two following exercises:
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To be continued...
On the next day he went grazing with the cows; and at last he came to a place exceedingly grassy, in a green glen, of which he never saw the like. But about the time when he should drive the cattle homewards, who should he see coming but a great giant with his sword in his hand? “HI! HO!! HOGARACH!” says the giant. “Those cattle are mine; they are on my land, and a dead man art thou.” “I know not that,” says the herd; “there is no knowing, but that may be easier to say than to do.” He drew the great clean-sweeping sword, and he neared the giant.
3) Match each verb with its corresponding definition.
The herd drew back his sword, and the head was off the giant in a twinkling. He leaped on the black horse, and he went to look for the giant’s house. Into the house went the herd, and that’s the place where there was money in plenty, and dresses of each kind in the wardrobe with gold and silver, and each thing finer than the other. At the mouth of night he took himself to the king’s house, but he took not a thing from the giant’s house. And when the cattle were milked this night there was milk. He got good feeding this night, meat and drink without stint, and the king was hugely pleased that he had caught such a herd.
When the time comes, the father doesn’t want to give his son to the seamaiden. At his son’s request, he asks the blacksmith to make a sword.
With the sword and his father’s black horse, the son ventures out into the world. On his way, he meets a black dog, an otter, and a falcon, arguing over the carcass of a sheep. After the young man has divided the prey for them, they all pledge their help to him when needed. The son becomes a cowherd for the king, but the land where he grazes the cows belongs to two giants.
INTRODUCTION
ROOM 3
Read the text and complete the information below:
Creature:
What the herd wants to protect:
Weapon used:
What the creature loses:
What the hero finds in the giant's house:
To be continued...
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On the next day he went grazing with the cows; and at last he came to a place exceedingly grassy, in a green glen, of which he never saw the like. But about the time when he should drive the cattle homewards, who should he see coming but a great giant with his sword in his hand? “HI! HO!! HOGARACH!” says the giant. “Those cattle are mine; they are on my land, and a dead man art thou.” “I know not that,” says the herd; “there is no knowing, but that may be easier to say than to do.” He drew the great clean-sweeping sword, and he neared the giant.
Mystery word*:
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When the time comes, the father doesn’t want to give his son to the seamaiden. At his son’s request, he asks the blacksmith to make a sword.
With the sword and his father’s black horse, the son ventures out into the world. On his way, he meets a black dog, an otter, and a falcon, arguing over the carcass of a sheep. After the young man has divided the prey for them, they all pledge their help to him when needed. The son becomes a cowherd for the king, but the land where he grazes the cows belongs to two giants.
Well done !
INTRODUCTION
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dragon
The herd drew back his sword, and the head was off the giant in a twinkling. He leaped on the black horse, and he went to look for the giant’s house. Into the house went the herd, and that’s the place where there was money in plenty, and dresses of each kind in the wardrobe with gold and silver, and each thing finer than the other. At the mouth of night he took himself to the king’s house, but he took not a thing from the giant’s house. And when the cattle were milked this night there was milk. He got good feeding this night, meat and drink without stint, and the king was hugely pleased that he had caught such a herd.
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List the colored letters. Put them in the correct order and enter the word you found.
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THIRD NUMBER
Go to the mystery code page
X
You opened the next door thanks to the previous password. This room is damp and cold. You notice an audio recorder on the ground, next to a gloomy pit, full of water. Listen to what happens next.
ROOM 4
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Sum up the story in your own words. If you are right and convincing, you will be given a new code card.
Code:
sacrifice
Activity A:
ROOM 4
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Match each word from the text with its synonym.
Activity B:
Click on the dragon that corresponds to the description given and justify your choice. Report your answers on the worksheet.
Next
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FOURTH NUMBER
Go to the mystery code page
X
Reorder the story.
ROOM 5
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She took her harp to the sea-shore, and sat and played; and the seamaiden came up to listen, for sea-maidens are fonder of music than all other creatures. But when the wife saw the sea-maiden she stopped. The seamaiden said, “Play on!” but the princess said, “No, not till I see my man again.” So the seamaiden put up his head out of the loch.
Her man was mournful, tearful, wandering down and up about the banks of the loch, by day and night. The old soothsayer met him. The soothsayer told him that there was no way of killing the sea-maiden but the one way, and this is it:
They were now married, and everything went on well. But one day, and it was the namesake of the day when his father had promised him to the seamaiden, she came and took him away to the loch without leave or asking.
Then the princess played again, and stopped till the sea-maiden put him up to the waist. Then the princess played and stopped again, and this time the sea-maiden put him all out of the loch, and he called on the falcon and became one and flew on shore. But the sea-maiden took
the princess, his wife.
“In the island that is in the midst of the loch is the white-footed hind, and though she be caught, there will spring a hoodie out of her, and though the hoodie should be caught, there will spring a trout out of her, but there is an egg in the mouth of the trout, and the soul of the sea-maiden is in the egg, and if the egg breaks, she is dead.”
The king’s daughter was now mournful, tearful, blind-sorrowful for her married man; she was always with her eye on the loch. An old soothsayer met her, and she told how it had befallen her married mate. Then she told her the thing to do to save her mate, and that she did.
Wrong !
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Recap. Put the sentences in the correct order.
ROOM 5
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The mermaid took the young man into the loch.
The princess attracted the mermaid with her music.
The princess met a soothsayer who told her what to do to get her man back.
The falcon took the young man out of the loch.
The soothsayer explained how to kill the mermaid.
The mermaid took the princess.
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Great !
Next
To leave this room, you must complete the crosswords to check your memory.
Report the answers on your worksheet.
Code:
merrows
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FIFTH NUMBER
Go to the mystery code page
X
First gate
You managed to escape the castle. However, you must open two gates to go out and be free. Next to the first gate, there is a stone. Decode the message which is engraved on the Ogham stone with the help of the parchment.
If you find the message, the gate will open.
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c
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Last Challenge
Now, you are in front of two poems. Choose the correct one to open the last gate.
The poem you must select is linked to the password you found to unlock Room 5 and the message you deciphered on the Ogham stone.
“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
― William Butler Yeats, The Land of Heart's Desire
“A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him up for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.”
― W.B. Yeats
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SIXTH NUMBER
Go to the mystery code page
X
Try again
Wrong!
To discover the final task, enter the code:
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12345
Next
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8
0
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1234
OPEN
CLOSED
1234
Here is your code. Enter it.
FINAL TASK
Start over?
Imagine the end of the story. Write a short paragraph in the same style as the tale. Then, submit it to your teacher.
