School: Loughanvally (roll number 8363)
- Location:
- Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs. O'Connor
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- (continued from previous page)and he kept at Nancy till she told him of the bottle. He asked to see it and when he got it into his grasp he kept it. Then he invited a lot of rich neighbours and he gave them plenty of wine and food all of which the bottle supplied.
Paddy was very lonely after the bottle and one evening as he walked along the road wondering how he would recover it he met the little man again. He told him his story and the little man said "Never mind I will give you a better and bigger one" and he did.
Paddy returned and as before placed the bottle on the best tablecloth. Then he said "Bottle Bottle do your duty". Immediately three huge giants came down out of the roof and beat Nancy and Paddy with huge blackthorn sticks.
Then Nancy went to the landlord and told him they had got a bigger and better bottle than before. The landlord asked her for it and she said she would give it to him if he brought her to the next spree party he would give.
A week later the landlord gave(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Helen Geoghegan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bill Dillioin
- Gender
- Male
