'What reward will be given to the man who kills Cormoran?' One day Jack happened to be at the town-hall when the magistrates were sitting in council about the giant. He had done this for many years, so that all Cornwall was in despair. Everybody at his approach ran out of their houses, while he seized on their cattle, making nothing of carrying half a dozen oxen on his back at a time and as for their sheep and hogs, he would tie them round his waist like a bunch of tallow-dips. He lived in a cave in the midst of the Mount, and whenever he wanted food he would wade over to the mainland, where he would furnish himself with whatever came in his way. He was eighteen feet in height and about three yards round the waist, of a fierce and grim countenance, the terror of all the neighbouring towns and villages. In those days the Mount of Cornwall was kept by a huge giant named Cormoran. He was brisk and of ready, lively wit, so that nobody or nothing could worst him. WHEN good King Arthur reigned, there lived near the Land's End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack. Sacred Texts Legends and Sagas English Folklore Index Previous Next English Fairy Tales: Jack the Giant-Killer
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