School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)
- Location:
- Cionn Átha Gad, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0729, Page 035
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- (continued from previous page)fair to sell his last cow.
When he was going along the little man stepped out of a ditch. He offered to buy the cow. The man was delighted. The little man gave him two more black bottles. He told him to say the same as before. Then the little man went away.
When he went home his wife was delighted. She went into the house and was soon cleaning the table. When the table was clean the man got the bottles and put them on the table. Then he said, "little men come out and work."
When he said this four little men two from each bottle came out. They were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Oliver Bergin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cionn Átha Gad, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Thomas Waters
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cionn Átha Gad, Co. na hIarmhí
