Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 1)

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1. Jack the Strongfella (continued)

   

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   heard that the giant was dead she was delighted and then she told him that she was a princess and that her father was the king of Russia She said that she was on a visit to the king of Ireland's palace wan time and wan evening she went out for a walk by herself and she was going through a wood when who did she meet but the giant. He caught her by the hand, and she said that she got such a fright that she fainted off. He took her up in his arms and ran off to his castle with her and when she came to herself she was in that very room and she hadn't left it since.
   Jack then told her all he had done and said that he had killed the giant and had also killed the witch.
   the princess was so delighted with Jack for all he

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   History Edit

   Date

   15 December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

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   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

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