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School: Ardvarney (roll number 15116)

Location:
Ardbhearnaigh, Co. Liatroma
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Amhaltúin
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    a bit of the first beast that would come in on the gate. It happened that the bull was coming in first, the bull hit a cow with his horns and she jumped in before him. She got a bit of the cow to eat and she thought it was the bull.
    One day she saw the bull in the field and she pretended to be sick again she got blood and put it into her mouth and began spilling it out the the father didn’t know what to do and she wanted a bit of the bull again but instead she got a bit of the cow and she was alright.
    The bull told the boy that he had to go to the fight and to come in the evening for food so he went and got the food. The next day the bull had to go again to fight. When the boy went to get his food the bull was nearly dead. He gave him the food and before he died he told the boy to take off his skin and anyone that he wanted to kill to throw the skin at them and they would be tied up.
    He went away and got work with a man there were three giants living beside the man and they used to jump up to the sun every morning. The boy was talking to the youngest giant and the boy wanted to kill him so he threw the skin at him and he was all tied up then he cut off the giant’s head and the head said to him if I only got back to my body I would tear you to pieces so the boy cut the head in ten pieces and went home. The next morning the man said to the boy how is it I have only seen two giants jumping up to the sun this morning and the boy said “Oh I saw the other one going out for a walk
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
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    AT0510: Cinderella and Cap o' Rushes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Veronica Mc Govern
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Claon, Co. Liatroma
    Informant
    Tom Mc Govern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Address
    Claon, Co. Liatroma