School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)
- Location:
- Garrycloonagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: James J. Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 71
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- (continued from previous page)the boy. When the boy saw him coming he said what the lady told him to say and he killed the first giant. The cows had a lot of milk that night and the woman gave him his supper. He did the same with the other giants.
- Once there lived a man and his wife. They lived in a small little house on the side of the road and they were very poor. One day the wife told the man that he would have to go to the fair with one of he three cows they had. In the morning the man got up at two o'clock and he brought one of the cows to the fair. When he was passing by a fort a fairy came out and asked the man what he wanted for the cow and he said he wanted fourteen pounds.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Hennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Ginty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
