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1. Story of Huge Giants Who Were Outwitted by a Puny Opponent (continued)

   

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   150 came across "Brian the weaver" and read what was on his scythe blade. "This is the very man for my master: he said, because that day, there were three giants coming to destroy his master's castle. He brought in the weaver to the castle, and brought him before his master, the master told Brian all about the giants coming to throw his castle. "Thats nothing" says the weaver, he put a satchel round his neck, filled with pebbles, and went up in a high tree.The three giants came with sledges and hammers, and attacked the castle. Brian saw one of the giants up high on a ladder, and he started to peg some of the pebbles at his head. "Why are you pegging me" says the giant down to the other two, as the pegging continued, he got furious, came down, fought with the two giants who were on the ground, and killed one of them. That ended the attack for that day. and the

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   AT1045: Pulling the Lake Together

   AT1049: The Heavy Axe

   AT1062: Throwing the Stone

   AT1088: Eating Contest

   AT1640: The Brave Tailor

   Language

   English

   Collector

   A. Rushe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shankill, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Miss N. Connor

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   86

   Address

   Raheen, Co. Roscommon