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School: Ballykilmurry

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Ballykilmurry, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Bean Uí Odhráin
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    There is a Giants bed in Willie Smollens field next to our field. It is on the top of the hill and you can see it from the road. There is a shape of a bed in the middle of the stones. There are two stones each side and one at the top for a pillow. The stones each side are about a ton in weight. Long ago the people used to say that giants lived in it, but it is only children that believe it in now. There are trees all around the giant's bed. The field that the giants bed is in was never ploughed.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Spollen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aharney, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    James Spollen
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aharney, Co. Offaly