School: An Tulach Mór (roll number 11047)

Location:
Tullamore, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Gearóid Mac Piarais
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    when they were ready for the bottle Michael said "Bottle do your duty." So two big men with sticks came out of the bottle and started beating the Landlord. The Landlord got such a beating that he begged Michael to take away the bottle and Michael had the land and the bottle after, and when ever he wanted anything he had only to say, "Bottle do your duty?" and he got whatever he wanted and he was a rich man.
    After many years the bottle got broken.
    1 Dinnis mo Mhátair an sGéal reo dom.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamon Breathnach
    Gender
    Male