School: Cnocán an Teampaill, Ros Gréine

Location:
Knockantemple, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Nic Aodhagáin
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    the table in order and told the wheel to do its duties. Then as before out came all the little men and started to beat all the people. The landlord did not know how to stop it. He had to send for the man.
    When he asked him to stop them he said he would not stop them unless he would give him his house and farm.
    So he promised to do what he asked. The man told the wheel to stop. All the men disappeared and the man and his wife lived happy ever after.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tom Power
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Railstown, Co. Tipperary