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   to bury the man and the boy went and stole the sheet and he said he had all done and he said to the king he had to get something and the king said you can have all my riches and after that the boy was a rich man.
   My father told me this story age years.
   Mollie Monaghan, Ballamore, Granard.

   

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   476 Old Irish Tales Once upon a time there lived a great Scotch giant. Anyone who ever fought with him fell dead by his hands. An Irish giant heard of his deeds and he said he would have a fight hand to hand with him. Now the Scotch giant's wife was a very clever woman. She thought her husband would be killed and she formed a plan. She put the Scotch giant to bed and she said she would tell the Irish giant when he would come that the Scotch

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Harry Reynolds

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killeen, Co. Longford