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1. Jack the Strongfella (continued)

   

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   head with wan hand and threw about two hundred yards from the place where they were standing. The giant stared at him for a long time without speaking at all. "Begor" says he at last "You are no joke whoever you are." Jack then told him who he was and why he was looking for work and all about himself. The giant then gave him a job but it was more or less through fear of him than anything else. Jack worked away with the giant for two or three months and the longer he stayed in the place the more the giant hated him. Wan day not long after Jack had started working with the giant he was in the stable doing something and the giants great big dog came in and was right behind Jack and Jack didn't see him at all. Jack was doing something with wan of the mangers and he had his back turned to the dog and

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   History Edit

   Date

   15 Nollaig 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT1088: Eating Contest

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • Caoimhghin de Róiste