School: Dromlachan
- Location:
- Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 317
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- (continued from previous page)all the animals of the earth, and they all came and she asked them did any of them know where the green wizard lived, and they said they didn't.
So the half giant started off again, and he hopped his ball and the ball kept hopping till it hit against the door of a castle. The door opened and a big ugly giant woman came out, and the half giant threw her the second cake and she took it and smelt it and said, "How is my poor old mother that I never say this 40 years" The half giant said she was well, and the giant woman invited him in and he went in, and he told her how he had to find out where the green wizard lived and if she could help him to find out. She said she didn't know where he lived but that she had control over all the fishes of the water and that perhaps some of them would know. So the next morning she went out, and sounded a great trumpet & called together all the fishes of the water, and they all came and she asked them did any of them know where the green wizard lived, and they said they didn't
So the half giant started off again and he hopped his ball and the ball kept hopping till hit against the door of a castle. The door opened and a big ugly giant woman opened the door(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Paddy Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
