School: Clochar na Trócaire, Leac an Anfa, Cathair na Mart

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Leckanvy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
An tSr. Treasa
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  1. Story No. 3
    Once upon a time a man was eating porridge. A lot of flies came on the food and he killed seventy with one blow. he got a pot, put it on his head and wrote on front of it "I'm the man who kille seventy". There was a giants castle near by. He went to the giant. When the giant saw him, he thought it was seventy men he had killed and he got afraid of him. He set him working along with his brother giant. The man told lies to the brother about his master. The two giants began to fight and the gr. master giant killed his brother.
    The giant could eat an ox at each meal. One day he said to the man that whoever would eat the most would be the best man. The workman then thought of a trick. He got a cow's skin and sewed it up; then he put the skin on himself. When he had enought eaten he kept packing the food inside the skin. The said to the giant "the best man can cut himself down". The man cut himself down the skin, the giant did the same and killed himself. The man then got all the riches of both giants.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1088: Eating Contest
    AT1210: The Cow is Taken to the Roof to Graze
    AT1540: The Student from Paradise (Paris)
    AT1640: The Brave Tailor
    AT1653: The Robbers under the Tree
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Gannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowmacloughlin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Myles Hynes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmacloughlin, Co. Mayo