School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 163
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- There was a giant living in Ballinclea. He was huge and very strong. He used to sit on a spot on Mr Fingletons HIll, Ballinclea. It is always called the giants seat. It is a little depression about 3 feet deep beside a pond. When he sat down he was so heavy that the ground sank underneath him forming the seat.
- Collector
- Cáit Ní Cheart
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballintlea, Co. Laois
- There was a giant one time who got very hungry. He seized a man and took him to his cave. The man was kept in the cave for three days. Each morning he got a pot of stirabout to eat. He was always thinking of some plan to escape. He thought of one in the end. One morning he got a bag and instead of eating the(continues on next page)
