School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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   “Once upon a time there were 3 men”

   

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   He put the giants 3 sons back in his own bed and the other 2 in the sons' bed and got in, in the middle himself.
   At day break the giant got out of bed and came up to the room, he looked for the three with the bracelets. He eat his own 3 sons. In the morning he saw his mistake or he made up a plan.
   He said he would give his own daughter as wife to one of the men, whichever one of them, would steal a magic lamp from the other 2 giants.
   He put the fool up on a white horse, the fool had an iron bar about a foot long. The giant lived on an island in a lake. When he came to the edge of the lake, he took out the iron

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   AT0328: The Boy Steals the Giant's Treasure

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sean Reynolds

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisduff, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   James Cummins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Correen, Co. Leitrim