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School: Fothanach (roll number 7980)

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Fohanagh, Co. Galway
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Diarmuid Ó Conghaile
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    1) There is a story told about a giant named Monover who was an English giant. He wanted to fight Finn. One windy day Monover came to fight Finn. When Finn's mother saw the giant Finn told her the trouble he was in. She put him in a big cradle that was in the house. The wind was blowing in the door and when the giant came to the door he asked "Why is this wind blowing in the door?" She replied that Finn was from home. Otherwise he would have changed the wind around. The Giant left when he heard Finn was away. Finn's mother baked a cake when the giant left. She covered the griddle with dough top and bottom and baked it. The giant returned and she offered him some cake to eat. He could not bite his way through the cake but Finn's mother said Finn never found any trouble in eating her cakes. This was too much for Monover, he left.
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1115: Attempted Murder with Hatchet
    AT1386: Meat as Food for Cabbage
    AT1653: The Robbers under the Tree
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Kenny
    Collector
    James Miskell
    Collector
    John Sweeney
    Gender
    Male
    Collector
    Lily Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynabanaba, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Martin Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Callow, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Michael Kane
    Collector
    Seán Glynn
    Collector
    Stephen Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnascreena, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Teresa Glynn
    Informant
    John Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynabanaba, Co. Galway
    Informant
    J. Cahill
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnascreena, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Kenny
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Callow, Co. Galway