School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

Location:
Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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    My grandmother told me the following story which she heard from her mother.
    There were once three giants who were knocking a wall of a house that a man was building. A man came and told the man who was building the house, that he would kill the giants.
    The first night there came two giants and they began to knock
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    Folktales index
    AT1640: The Brave Tailor
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Thornton
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Nora Thornton
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Paal West, Co. Cork