School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 708
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- (continued from previous page)and what are you crying for. The tailor jumped down of the table and he said he would stay no longer and he brought his laboard with him As he was going along he saw a great number of flies lying on the road. He struck the flies with the laboard and he counted them [as] and he had a thousand flies killed He wrote down on the laboard that he killed a thousand flies with one blow. It was not long until he met a farmer and he was very down hearted. He looked at the laboard and he said you killed a thousand I did said the tailor. Look over there at that tree said the farmer every night. three g gaints come there and they bring a bullock belonging to me with them, I will give you a pot of gold if you kill the giants. Very well said the tailor got a big stone and brought it up(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat O' Brian
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
