School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dundrum, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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- (continued from previous page)the bank of the river the floods used to come out of the river and fill the house. Their names were Ryans.
The other old house was a very old thatched farm house, but they have a nice new cottage now. The old house was very bad looking inside. Now a farmer keeps hay in it. - There was once upon a time a very old giant and he came to Ireland. He said that he would do something awful. He carried a stone about with him wherever he went. This stone was about ten stones in weight. He met a man on the road to whom he told stories. A lot of people gathered round to hear the stories. He killed one of the men with the big stone, and then the other men killed him.
- Collector
- Joan Graves
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballintemple, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Robert Graves
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballintemple, Co. Tipperary