1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Harristown, Piltown

School: Harristown, Piltown (roll number 13449)

Location:
Baile Anraí, Co. Chill Chainnigh
Teacher:
G. Ó Súilleabháin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 216

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0842, Page 216

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Harristown, Piltown
  2. XML Page 216
  3. XML “The Magic Belt”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Magic Belt (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    head and gave it to his wife. When the giants wife saw this she got wicked and tried to stab him with an knife but he took it off her and killed her.
    Then he came to his mother and asked her why she took the belt from him. She said she was sorry. The boy gave her a penance, that she should fill a jar holding two quarts with tears, before she would be free.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0590: The Prince and the Arm Bands
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Driscoll
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile Anraí, Co. Chill Chainnigh