School: Bawnboy

Location:
Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. Ó Grady
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    that he had to shut them and could not see where they were going till they arrived at a great mansion so high that Con thought it touched the clouds
    The little man told him to get down and then got down himself and entered the mansion and the doors all opened for him of their own accord
    Con went in too and then the doors shut again.
    They went into a big room where everything was shining.
    '' By this and by that the little man is the king ''
    '' Well Con '' says the little man
    '' you are hired with me. Do you agree? ''
    Sure I might as well be hired with you as with any other man and maybe better ''
    '' Yes better '' says the little man.
    '' We'll go down to the kitchen. ''
    When they went down the old dame was sitting in a chair at a big fire. The little man sat down and says pointing to his stockings
    '' What are these '' your stockings ''.
    '' Those are my stridleens.''
    He pointed to his breeches
    '' What are these ''.
    '' They are your breeches''.
    '' No those are my sturdeens ''
    He pointed at a sofa
    '' what's that ? ''
    '' Oh it's a bed ''
    '' That's my dolphin. He pointed
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    AT1940: The Extraordinary Names
    Language
    English
    Informant
    B. O' Grady
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14