School: Templetown

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Teacher:
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    spoon to the horse's left ear and he would get a spark of fire and throw it behind him. He did this.
    Then there was a great fire and the giant could not get through.
    He went into the fire and burned to death.
    The fairy and Jack got on well after, and the fairy got married to Jack, and she never got her toe.
    She told Jack that the dog was her brother and the giant turned him into a dog.
    The dog went off with them.
    James Walch (22),
    c/o Thos. Murphy,
    Portersgate
    Fethard on-Sea.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0313: The Girl as Helper
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    22
    Informant
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Portersgate, Co. Wexford