School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 128
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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
- (continued from previous page)the sword across his throat, and with his hatchet he cut off his head.
'' Now we'll have peace. ''
So next day Jack and his master came to the beautiful park.
'' Now '' says Jack
'' I'll show you my work, ''
bringing him to the two monsters.
Those are the boys that were stealing your cows, but I put them from ever taking one more. ''
'' And did you encounter these
awful brutes? ''
'' I did, and conquered them, ''
says Jack.
Well you are a wonder-you are the greatest man in the world,
'' It is extra-ordinary to think you did not run away at the sight of these hideous monsters. And how did you face them at all, and kill them. How did you do it? ''
'' With my sword and hatchet-don't you see
I cut of their heads, and here is the last of the tribe. ''
'' Well Jack you are too good to have minding cattle. I will make you my grand advisor you will have no work to do only tell me what I want to know. ''
'' Very well, '' says Jack there's something that I want to know, and you can tell me, but I'll not ask you just now. ''
'' Sure you may as well ask me now as any other time? ''
'' Very well ask me now as any other time. ''
'' Very well master, whats's the reason you did not laugh this seven years? ''
'' Oh Jack how dare you ask me that question-I put men's heads on(continues on next page)
- Informant
- B. O Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan
