School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Cúige na Mainséar, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 198
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“Long ago there lived three cruel giants.”
(continued from previous page)his brother that was was throwing the stones so he took up his huge axe and cut his brother's head off. Jack the tailor kept on throwing stones and hitting the giant on the head. So the giant took his big axe and killed his brother.
Then there was only one of them left. After a while the giant saw Jack the Tailor above on top of the tree and he said-
"Come down here until I kill you because you were the cause of killing my two brothers."
"You can kill me" said Jack the Tailor "if you are as I" (?)
"I am, and better" said the giant
Jack took up a stone and he said-
"Could you squeeze milk out of a stone." The giant began to squeeze with all his strength(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Ardbhuaile, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- James Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Ardbhuaile, Co. Mhaigh Eo