School: Naomh Pádraig, Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13265)

Location:
Saint Patrick's, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Br. Seosamh Mac Aodhgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 006

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0856, Page 006

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  1. XML School: Naomh Pádraig, Cill Choinnigh
  2. XML Page 006
  3. XML “A Story about a Witch”
  4. XML “A Giant”

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  2. There lived a poor boy and his mother. A giant who lived around their place killed the boy's father.When the boy was big he went to seek his fortune. One night when he was passing by the Giant's Castle he knocked at the door and the maid came.The boy asked her to put him up for the night. The maid said she could not for there was a Giant living there. Then the boy said that she could put him in a press. The maid put him up for the night
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