1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Gusserane

School: Gusserane

Location:
Gusserane, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs Corish
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 172

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 172

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Gusserane
  2. XML Page 172
  3. XML “Stories of Giants and Warriors”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Stories of Giants and Warriors

    Share Share Post
    There was a giant that lived in a place called Nash, Cassagh, New Ross many years ago. He was eight feet four inches high. Any time he wanted to get a new pair of boots he always killed a cow and skinned her to have enough leather to make them. It took three tailors three weeks to make a suit of clothes for him. He used to perform great feats in Nash. He was as strong as six men. When pulling tug-o-war he was very supple although being a very big man. He would stand three big barrels side by side. Then he would take a 56 lb
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Nash, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Martin Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Nash, Co. Wexford