School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 219
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“There was a man one time. He was very poor. He had three daughters.”
(continued from previous page)It was the giants turn to hide and he took Sarawad down to the sea and showed him where he hide in an egg. Sarawad stood wondering. Then he called on the fish. The fish dried the sea. He called on the ram. The ram broke the cox and a duck flew out with an egg.
He called the hawk and the hawk caught the duck. The egg dropped and the giant who was in the egg was killed. Sarawad took gold, and the horse and his three sisters . They went home and had a great time with their gold
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“A story a story I'll tell you just now. It's of a poor man and he had one cow.”
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- Edward Mc Grory
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 86
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Meenagory, Co. Donegal