1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. St Fiachra's Kilkenny

School: St Fiachra's Kilkenny (roll number 11750)

Location:
Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Seán Ó Gealagáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0855, Page 073

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0855, Page 073

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: St Fiachra's Kilkenny
  2. XML Page 073
  3. XML “Folklore - Jack and the Giant-Killer - Part II”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Folklore - Jack and the Giant-Killer - Part II

    Share Share Post
    Folklore
    Jack and the Giant killer
    Part 2
    Jack made a large circle and then he made a deep hole with his spade and pickaxe. Next he cut a few branches from the trees, he spread these and light pebbles and made the place look like solid ground. Jack went up to the door of the castle and away as fast as he could after giving a loud knock at the door. He hid behind a bush. The giant hearing the noise rushed down to the place Jack made for him. He was killed at once
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mr Davin
    Age
    40
    Address
    Warrington, Co. Kilkenny