School: Calry (roll number 10473)
- Location:
- Colgagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Róisín Mhig Ualghairg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 173
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- (continued from previous page)who threw the stone, so he fought his boy and killed him.
Jack stopped out and fought the giant. In the end the giant asked Jack to come to his house. He took him upstairs and showed him into a large bed room. He stole out later and got a calf and put him into the bed.
The giant came with a large hammer and killed the calf. He thought he had Jack killed. Some time later Jack went down stairs. When the giant saw him he was terrified. "The blow you gave me was only a slight tip," said Jack. I killed a whole congregation at a time. The giant was afraid of Jack so he left the castle and all the riches to him and went away.
Jack took his mother to live in the castle. "So put down the kettle and make tea(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrickfad, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Michael Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Carrickfad, Co. Leitrim
