School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.)
- Location:
- Béal an Átha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 362
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- (continued from previous page)and lay down in the middle of a field and died. And the boy cut the leg off him. And the boy was going along the road and he met a man and the man said "Are you able to mind sheep and cattle?" And the man said to hide when the Giants came and the boy said "All right" And the man brought him to the field. And this night a Giant came and the boy had always the leg with him. And the Giant caught the boy and lifted him up and the boy hit the Giant with the leg and the Giant fell. And the Giant said "Let me up and I will give you the saw under my bed" And the boy would not and the Giant gave him the saw from under the bed. And the boy said "Is it sharp enough to cut the head of you" And the boy hit the head off the giant and killed him. He was brought up to the Kings palace and the king brought him into the room and gave him two of gold and he lived happily(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Larry Mc Gahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Béal an Átha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Mr J Mc Gahan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Béal an Átha, Co. Mhaigh Eo
