School: Na Cnocáin (roll number 13150)
- Location:
- Knockanes, Co. Kerry
- Teachers: Bean Uí Spealáin Máiréad Ní Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0456, Page 365
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- (continued from previous page)and the lamp spoke to him, and asked him what did he want. He said, he wanted bread and butter. Just then the table was laid with lovely foods and golden eggs. When he saw the gentleman next door he thought he'd get a suit of clothes like the gentleman Then he scrope the lamp and the lamp asked him what did he want. He said he wanted a suit of clothes like the gentleman's clothes.
Just then he got a suit of clothes. The little boy's house was only a tatched house on the side of the road. The gentleman had a big mansion. The boy scrope the lamp again and the lamp said to him. What's troubling you? He said I want a big mansion like the gentlemans
Then he got the mansion and when the gentleman woke up in the morning he rubbed his eyes and went over to the house. Then he asked the boy to marry his daughter. He said he would. This day the married man went out in a car. Then the next day a man came to the house selling New Lamps for old lamps. One of the people of the house said give him that lamp on the top of the dresser. They gave it to him. When the man came home there was not a sign of his wife or house. They were gone over to England with the man who was selling the lamps(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Shúileabháin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Harry Williams
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Brewsterfield, Co. Kerry
