School: Leitir Sean-Bhoth (roll number 12900)

Location:
Lettershanbo, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
S. Ó Ferraigh
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    and see it.
    "Arrah!" says Jack "what would take the like of me there. It would fit me better to watch my cows."
    Jack took his supper and went to bed. After he awakened out of his first sleep the pair was still sitting at the fire. Jack asked them what was keeping them up.
    "O!" says the farmer, "None of the giants came out to-night so they must be coming to kill us."
    "Go to your beds," says Jack "for their bellies are too full and they are not able to come out. So the pair went to bed.
    Jack got up the next morning and got his breakfast. So he set off with his cows, and he drove them into the cone of the giants' orchards.
    He went into the castle and dressed himself in a suit of armour and mounted a white steed. He went onto the lough where the worm was to rise. When he got there they had the princess up on a chair ready to through her into the worm's mouth.
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    Folktales index
    AT0300: The Dragon‑Slayer
    AT0650**: The Strong Youth
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál S. Mac Aoidh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Einrí Ó Maoinigh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 60
    Address
    Cloghan More, Co. Donegal