It was later reprinted, revised but only slightly, by Joseph Jacobs in his Celtic fairy tale compilation.
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The big and the little cakes are a common motif, although Jack is unusual in having no older brothers; preferring the smaller cake is often the distinguishing mark of the youngest child, as in The King of Lochlin's Three Daughters, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-haired, and The Girl and the Dead Man.
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