School: Boston (roll number 10212)

Location:
Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhocharthaigh
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    still there. Another time he leaped from the hill of Allen to a field near the village of Allen. A thorn that was in his foot fell out. A well sprang up and a bush grew from the thorn. That place is now called "The Leap."
    Once upon a time a giant from Scotland came over to Ireland to fight Finn Mac Cumal. When Finn saw him coming he ran home to his wife. She dressed him as a child and put him in a cradle. When the giant came to Finns door his wife said that Finn was not there that he was gone to count cattle down in a field in Pluckerstown. She had a cake with harrow pins in it baking and she invited the Scottish giant in for tea until Finn would come home. When he tried to eat the cake he broke all his teeth. All this time Finn acting as a child was crying. The giant remarked how big the child was and thought within himself that the father must be a very big giant. He began to be afraid and said to Finn's wife that
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Bostoncommon, Co. Kildare