School: Sallybank
- Location:
- Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 183
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- (continued from previous page)this because he said it was a wood his father sowed one hundred years ago, and he would not like to pull them. After this they went out to pelt crows. The giant said if the tailor could not throw a stone as far as him he would kill him.
The tailor had a sponge in his hand and he squeese water out of it. He asked the giant could he squeese water out of his stone. The giant could not, so he said he would not ask the tailor to throw the stone. Then they had dinner and they had a sheep for dinner. The giant said to the tailor that if he did not eat as much as he would, he would kill him.
The tailor had a bag inside his coat. He put alot of the food into the bag and the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Aharinaghbeg, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr James O' Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Aharinaghbeg, Co. Clare
