School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)
- Location:
- Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 073
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- The young man and the Giant.(6) Once there was a man and he had three sons. When he was dying he gave the first the farm, the second the money, and to the third he had nothing to give but a cat. One day when the third son was at the sea for a bathe he heard that there was a giant not far off and he could change himself into anything. So he went over and brought the cat with him. Then he told the giant to change himself into a lion and the giant did. The man said you are a very big animal could you change yourself in to a mouse, the cat made a jump at him and killed him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Eugene Beglane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownurlar, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr. Michael Beglane
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrownurlar, Co. Sligo
