School: Lios Dubh (B.)
- Location:
- Lisduff, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Mac Cuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 450
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- There is nothing the [?] were so many pisreógaí in connection with as milk and butter. If a woman went out early on May Day monring and milked a neighbour's cows she would have all their butter fo the season. The milk would seem all right [?] , just as rich and as [?] as ever, but when the churning [?] there was no return of butter if they churned it for a week. They knew then [?] that some evil one had worked a spell [?] on the cows and stolen the butter... some said that priests with more [?] than the ordinary could get the back for them by reading an office was more usual through to visit "a [?] woman or witch" and lay the case before her. The witch worked a counter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Séamus Ó hOighleáin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garryroe, Co. Mayo
