Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 2)

Date
1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0460, Page 0236

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    from the pocket of the overcoat with the dagger in his hand: "Steady me mon, Sure you're not going to kill a woman Kill me if you are able!"
    The giant laughed at him & said: "You're a very plucky little man you'll be wonderful when you'll grow big"
    "I'm as big now as ever I'll be", says Jack
    They made peace again anyhow, and their two went and ate their supper, and went off to bed.
    When morning came the giant got up and the first thing he did was to go and see if Jack was alright in his box; and he was. He called his mother to get up and get his breakfast, that he should go off to fight the soldiers today again.
    She wasnt long getting up and preparing the breakfast for him and Jack got up and ate his too. Like the day before Jack got into the pocket of his overcoat and went off the help him kill the soldiers. This day the giant was damn hard set, so begob Jack went
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Date
    December 1938
    Item type
    Lore
    Folktales index
    AT0300: The Dragon‑Slayer
    AT0302: The Ogre's (Devil's) Heart in the Egg
    AT0530: The Princess on the Glass Mountain
    AT0545: The Cat as Helper
    AT0700: Tom Thumb
    Language
    Irish
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Gaelic script
    Informant