School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)
- Location:
- Carran, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 15_031
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- There was a giant in Ireland and a giant in Scotland so one day the giant in Ireland went up on the top of a high mountain and he saw the giant in Scotland. So both of them went as far as they could because they wanted to fight. When the giant in Ireland saw the giant in Scotland, he said that he was twice as big as himself. So the giant in Ireland ran back home as quick as he could. When he went in home he told his wife that the other giant was after him. His wife was by the fire and there was a cradle near her and she told him to go into it and so he did. After a while the other giant came in to the house and he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Colgan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rannagh East, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Joe Mac Gann
- Gender
- Male
