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1. Jack the Strongfella (continued)

   

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   Jack then opened his clothes and laid bare the bag and it was the colour of his skin. Then he stuck the knife in the bag and sipped it and out came all the food on the ground. The giant when he saw this wasn't to be outdone so he took the knife from Jack and stuck it in his own stomach and of course he killed himself.
   "Begor" said Jack to himself "I have it now I have the giant and the ould witch dead, and I must go through the castle and see what it is like" He went through the castle and he saw wonderful rooms and some of the nicest he ever saw in all his life. There was surely fifty or sixty of them in it altogether and he was a long time going through them all. When he was passing by wan of the rooms he heard the sound like a girl

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   History Edit

   Date

   15 December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT1088: Eating Contest

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

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