School: Trian na gCléireach
- Location:
- Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Liam Breathnach
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- Jack the Bear was the strongest man in the world. He was a Mayo man. One day he said he would go and earn his living and he had only five pennies with him. He went towards Galway and he met a Galway man to whom he said, " You seem to be a strong man." "No, there is a stronger man than I -- Jack the Bear." said the Galway man. "Come along with me " said Jack. "I am Jack the Bear." They went towards Wexford an there they met a man whom Jack said. "You seem to be a strong man." "No," said the Wexford man, "there is a stronger man than I, he is Jack the Bear." "Come along with me," said Jack. "I am Jack the Bear."
They wend on and went into a wood and there they build a little hovel. They bought three guns. ONe day two of them went out hunting and the Galway man stayed at home to do the cooking. In comes a cat and said, "Give me a piece of that or I will have you by the throat, and so he had to give the cat a piece. It was to long until he brought it all. Then the other two men cam in and they had nothing to eat. The man that was cooking told the other two how the cat came in an ate it all. "We will see" said the man. The Wexford man stayed in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Walter Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr James Carolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
