School: Carrowmore (roll number 1214)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 416
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- (continued from previous page)him inside his coat and then the tailor began to eat. When he had enough eaten he started to put the porridge inside the bullock skin. When the giant had all his porridge eaten he lay back on his chair and began to growl "I will burst" he said. "Oh don't" said the tailor wait until you see how I will ease myself. The tailor got a sharp knife and cut the bullock skin and let all the porridge out on the floor. And when the giant saw that he cut his stomach open and he fell dead on the floor. So the tailor got away safely.
- Collector
- Frances Mc Carrick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonbaniff, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- John Murren
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 74
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cloondrihara, Co. Sligo
