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School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

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Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0729, Page 034

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    They did this. Then the man got the other bottle. He put it on the table and said again, "little men come out and work." Two little men came out again. This time instead of food they brought out handfulls of money.
    They were soon very rich. They bought a mansion and many cattle. One day when the king was gathering the rent he saw the bottles on the dresser. He asked what they were for. When he was told he told them to give them to him. The man did not want to give them to him. The king sent an army to take them.
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Waters
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath