Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato (Paperback)

from Brooke28

In this book the very lazy husband who wants his wife to do all the work. She gets injured and can not do the work so Jamie, being cunning plants a big potatoe seed when grows into the enormous pot...

from jenvid

Jamie is lazy, and does not help with the garden when his wife his sick. He makes a deal with a leprechaun, and grows a large potato, blocking the town's entrance. This is a comical story, even tho...

from lakertraw

In my opinion, this story contained some elements of Jack and the Beanstalk. The laziness of Jamie O'Rourke also reminded me of Rip Van Winkle, another husband who was lazy and put all the responsi...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Fairly typical of Irish trickster tales and of dePaola's work. O'Rourke is a mortal, though, and so this didn't engage me as much as the Finn McCool stories.

from MarthaL

A lazy little Irish man is desparate to provide for his sick wife. On his way to church he overhears singing and a tapping sound and wouldn't you know; it's a leprechaun. A delightful story to read...