A Story
Glug and Grug were two giants who lived in Ireland.
Glug was as tall as a flag pole and he had an eye in the back of his head. Grug was not as tall as Glug but he was as wide as a hay stack.
This pretty pair lived in a house on top of a hill. They stole cows, sheep and hens from the people who lived about. They made the women make big cakes for them and made the men bring them turf.
At last the King gathered his fighting men together and went fighting the giants but they were no match for the giants who killed them all.
Now there was a little hut at the foot of the hill and in it lived a widow and her son Seán. One day Seán made up his mind that he would rid the country of the giants and win a large reward offered by the King. Seán brought with him a mouse and a bee.
When they reached the top of the hill the mouse nibbled a hole in the door, then Seán slipped his hand in and raised the latch. "So far so good" said Sean to himself and he sat down to think how to kill the giants.
The mouse and the bee went into the bedroom. The two giants were in bed. They snored so loudly that the poor bee was nearly blown through the window. The mouse and the bee reached the top of the bed and perched themselves between the two giants.
The mouse bit Grug's ear and the bee stung his nose. "Stop yellow Glug. Brother Glug if you do that again I will cut your head off"
You must be dreaming said Glug Just then the bee stung Glug and the mouse bit his ear.
"Stop yellow Grug" shouted Glug "if you do that again I will cut off your head"
The bee went on stinging and the mouse went on biting till at last the two giants jumped up.
"This is the end of Glug" said Grug taking up his huge axe.
"This is the end of Grug" said Glug taking up his huge axe. So Grug hit Glug and Glug hit Grug and two ugly heads rolled on the ground. The man went home with the bee and the mouse.
The King gave a farm of land to Seán, a large sum of money and a spoon of honey to the bee every day as long as he lived, and twenty grains of corn to the mouse every day until he died.
Seán built a new house and himself and his mother lived happy ever after.
“INFORMANT: Tom Adams, Age 47, Prison North, Co. Mayo”