School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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There was a man once and he was building a house.
Every night three big giants would come and knock all he used to build during the day
there was a little man called Billy who used to go around saying he could do any thing any man ever did. So this man who was building told him that he had a job for him. "All right" said Billy "I will do that for you." The next night the giants came, two small giants and a big master giant. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Connor
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Cashel, Co. Mayo