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School: Sallybank

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Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Co. Clare
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Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 182

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  2. The Giant and the Tailor

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    There is a wood in the parish of Kilmore called Ballaquin. This would was much bigger long ago than it is now. It was connected with bratloe wood. A giant lived in this wood. One day a tailor roamed away from home, and met the giant. The giant asked him to go to the wood for a faggot. The giant pulled up a big tree and asked the tailor to pull another and bring it, or he would kill him. The tailor said to raise a half a dozed of them on his back. The giant would not do
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1049: The Heavy Axe
    AT1060: Squeezing the (Supposed) Stone
    AT1088: Eating Contest
    AT1115: Attempted Murder with Hatchet
    AT1640: The Brave Tailor
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Moloney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aharinaghbeg, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr James O' Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Aharinaghbeg, Co. Clare