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School: Mainistir na Corann (roll number 12041)

Location:
Midleton, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Sorcha Madeline Daunt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0395, Page 285

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    The Woman and The Butter
    Once upon a time a woman took a piece of butter from a farmer living near and cursed it, and for months after the people were not able to make butter. One day they tried to kill her, but they did not succeed.
    One night the farmer went to the old woman's house and he went in the window and took all her butter because they thought if she had no butter in her house she could not curse it. But indeed they did not get all the butter. Somebody heard the people planning this and they went and told her so she hid two lbs of butter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hazel Hume
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Barry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rostellan, Co. Cork