School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
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    the boy had the cows out on the giant's grass, and the giant came up to him and said was it your cows that was eating my grass, the boy said it was and will put them in it again to-day, the giant said he would kill the boy, and they were fighting all the day until evening and the boy killed the giant, on the next two days the boy drove the cow out on the grass and the giant's two brothers came and the boy killed them.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Agnes Barrett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killaderry, Co. Galway