School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)

Location:
Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Módhráin
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    enough in John. He went into the bottle again and John corked the bottle. When his wife saw him coming she began to prepare for the dinner. John told her not to setting the table.
    He took the cork out of the bottle. The tinker came out again and when he had enough beaten in John and his wife he went into the bottle. The landlord heard that John had another bottle and he invited him back and took the cork out of the bottle and let out the tinker. He was beating the landlord until he had to go out of the house The Landlord gave back the other bottle and John was never hungry again.
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    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Glynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat O' Brian
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo