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Mícheál Nesdale
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0349, Page 027

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    small men came out of the bottle and ran around with dishes of the choicest food and drink. He ate enough and when he was finished he said "Bottle do your duty and the men went in again and took all the things. When the Landlord heard this he got a surprise he came and offered the farmer thousands of pounds for the bottle. The farmer refused him so he took it off of him by force and gave him a pig for it. Then the farmer had no more money so he took another cow to the market the next day. The same thing happened and the man gave him another bottle and said to do the very same with this. When the farmer went home the landlord was before him.
    The farmer put the bottle on the table and said "Bottle do your duty" and two strong men came out of it and beat the Landlord. It is called "Bottle hill ever since.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Cronin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghnalaght, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Spillane
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraghnalaght, Co. Cork