School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)
- Location:
- Garrycloonagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: James J. Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 72
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- (continued from previous page)The fairy said he would give him a bottle but the man said a bottle was no good. The fairy said he would give him a magic bottle. The fairy asked the man again if he would take it and the man said he would
Then the fairy gave him the bottle and the man gave him the cow. The fairy went into the fort again and the man went home. When he reached the house he knocked at the door and the woman let him in. When she saw the bottle she said it was no good. The man said it was a magic one and they sat down and told the bottle to do its duty and two little men came out of the bottle and put bread and tea on the table. The man ate enough and then the two little men came ou tof the bottle and cleaned up the table and went into the bottle again
When the king heard that the man had the bottle he came to the house and asked the man for the loan of it. The man said he would give it if the king would give him a hundred pounds. So the king gave him a hundred pounds and the man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Hennigan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Ginty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
