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1. The Unlucky Farmer (continued)

   

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   the cloth on the table and Tom lit the lantern and put it in the middle of the table. And they sat down beside the table and out hopped twelve little men with big sticks and bet Tom and his father inside and out and went back in to the lantern again Tom got and snapped the lantern and ran out the door and kept running till he came to the Lord's house. He knocked and got in and the door man told him to stand in the hall. And the door man told the Lord, and the Lord came out to him and asked him what he wanted And Tom told him he had another lantern. "Well" said the Lord "I will introduce you to my friends. "We are having a party. So the lord brought Tom in and said that Tom had another lantern. So Tom lit it and put it in the middle of the table and out hopped six little men with big sticks and started beating the Lord and his friend. At last the Lord shouted to stop them "I will" said Tom "When I get my own lantern back". "Take it" said the Lord. "There it is on the table" So Tom shouted and the men went in to the lantern again and Tom snapped the two lanterns and went home to his father The next day the Lord came to the farmer to get the lantern back. So the farmer wouldn't give the lantern back and the Lord went to take it off the shelf. And the farmer kept him back and

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   History Edit

   Folktales index

   AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick

   AT1088: Eating Contest

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Paddy Joe Brennan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballina, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mr W. Brennan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballina, Co. Mayo