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School: Enniscorthy (Pres. Convent) (roll number 6058)

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Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Sr. Aingeal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0894, Page 052

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    Peggy Codd heard this story from her mother
    Annie Codd
    Main Street
    Enniscorthy
    who heard it from Paddy Kenny
    Long ago there lived a great giant in the County Wexford. He used eat people and animals. The people were terrified of him, and at last decided to kill him. So one day as he was walking along the bank of the river Glasha near Kilmishall a man cut off his head by means of a long slash-hook. When the head was severed from the body it rolled into the river, and floated away with the tide. They buried the body headless. Some
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Codd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Annie Codd
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford