School: Trian Caol (roll number 10778)

Location:
Treankeel, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Peadar Mac Gaoithín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 162

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 162

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  1. Once upon a time there lived in Gartan a man named Fionn Mac Cumall and he was a giant and there was another giant in Scotland. The giant in Scotland. The giant in Scotland heard how brave the other man was and said that he would go over and fight him. Fionn Mac Cumall heard that he was coming and he went home to ask his wife for a plan.
    She was a giant and she told him to go into the cradle and to let on that
    (continues on next page)
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
          1. Fionn Mac Cumhaill (~137)
    Folktales index
    AT1149: Children Desire Ogre's Flesh
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Paddy Toner
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooslenagh, Co. Donegal