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1. Another Old Story - The Cow and the Bottle (continued)

   

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   ten miles he came to a wood. There was a hill beside the wood and as he was passing by it a fairy jumped out. Mick began to run away because he got a fright. The fairy told him not to run that he would buy the cow. Mick asked him what he would give for the animal. The fairy said she would give him a bottle but Mick would not agree. She said it was a magic bottle and when he would go home to get his wife to clean the room and to put a new cloth on the table and to say to the bottle, "Bottle do your duty and Mick gave the cow for it."

   Mick went home and when he told Molly what he had she began to cry. She did as she was told and they said to the bottle, "Bottle do your duty". Two little men jumped out and brought out gold cups, gold plates, and saucers. Then the two little men jumped in again. Molly told him he was a lucky man and he lived happy for a long time.

   The following year the Landlord went for the rent and he became jealous of the farmer. He asked Mick if he would give the bottle for all the money, land and property he had but they would not agree. The Landlord then took the bottle from him.

   Mick became poorer and poorer until he had only one cow. The next fair day he brought out the cow hoping to meet the fairy. When he arrived at the hill the fairy was there with another bottle

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   AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martin Lennon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cournellan, Co. Carlow

   Informant

   Mr S. Lennon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cournellan, Co. Carlow