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   There was a giant living in Ballinclea. He was huge and very strong. He used to sit on a spot on Mr Fingletons HIll, Ballinclea. It is always called the giants seat. It is a little depression about 3 feet deep beside a pond. When he sat down he was so heavy that the ground sank underneath him forming the seat.

   

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2. Giants

   

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   There was a giant one time who got very hungry. He seized a man and took him to his cave. The man was kept in the cave for three days. Each morning he got a pot of stirabout to eat. He was always thinking of some plan to escape. He thought of one in the end. One morning he got a bag and instead of eating the

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. giants (~518)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáit Ní Ceart

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballintlea, Co. Laois

   Informant

   Seán Ó Ceart

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballintlea, Co. Laois