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School: Cill Rosanta (B.), Coill Mhic Thomáisín

Location:
Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0648, Page 13

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  3. XML “Butter-Making”
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  1. Butter-Making (continued)

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    into the butter churn and get the plough irons and redden them. Make a cross of them and put them under the churn. Then stand on the boundary fence and call on such a woman by her name and surname. Tell her to send back your butter."
    The woman did so and all her butter came back.
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  2. Story

    “An old woman from Comeragh was going to a farmers house in Whitestown one frosty morning.”

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    An old woman from Comeragh was going to a farmers house in Whitestown one frosty morning.
    The dogs of the house rushed out and she stooped down for a stone to throw at them, but the stones were stuck to the road with the frost. Then she exclaimed :
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    History Edit
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    James Comyn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Comeragh, Co. Waterford