School: Calry (roll number 10473)
- Location:
- Colgagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Róisín Mhig Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 172
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- Jack the Ash Pet and his Mother
Jack and his mother lived in a mud wall cabin at the foot of Baile na mbrog in Cabry. He was so lazy that his mother turned him out. He got a blackthorn stick and when he came to a stone on the road he turned it and killed all the ants that were under it. He went on further and saw a giant and his two sons building a castle. He climbed the building and threw a stone down at the giant. He threw another stone and the giant thought it was his own son who was throwing the stones. He called him down and they fought for some time. In the end the giants son was killed.
Jack pegged down another stone. The giant thought it was his second son(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickfad, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Michael Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Carrickfad, Co. Leitrim
