School: Sallybank
- Location:
- Droim Saileach (Merritt), Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Seán Ó Riain
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- (continued from previous page)giant did not notice him. After the dinner the tailor got a knife and asked the giant if he could do this. He stuck the bag with a knife and all the food came out on the floor. The giant did the same and the food came out and he fell dead.
The tailor slept in the giants house that night. He put a block of timber into the giants bed and slept in another. During the night the giants mother came with an axe, and struck the timber.
Next day the tailor said to the giants mother that he would not sleep in that bed any more because there was something picking him during the night.
The giants mother went away and never troubled him any more and he lived(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Moloney
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh Roighneach Beag, Co. an Chláir
- Informant
- Mr James O' Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Achadh Roighneach Beag, Co. an Chláir
