School: Fionn-Tráigh (roll number 16357)

Location:
Fintragh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Aibhistín A. Mac Amhlaoidh
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
          1. Fionn Mac Cumhaill (~137)
    Folktales index
    AT1149: Children Desire Ogre's Flesh
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Cáit Ní Bhreisleán
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Largy, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Micheál Ó Baoighill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Kill, Co. Donegal
  2. Seanscéal

    There was once a poor man, who had thirteen sons. He had no food to give them, and he planned to leave them away in a wood.

    There was a poor man, who had thirteen sons. He had no food to give them, and he planned to leave them away in a wood. One of the sons name was Jack, and when he heard what his father was about to do he filed his pockets with pebbles.
    The father took them to a large wood, and when they were in the middle of the wood he left them. Jack had dropped a pebble here and there, so he knew the way back.
    The father then took them to a wood farther away. When they were leaving the house he gave each of them a piece of bread. Jack did not eat his, but dropped a crumb here and there. When they were in the middle of the wood the father left them.
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