School: Gort an tSiúrdáin (roll number 14534)
- Location:
- Gortjordan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Módhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 653
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- There was once an old woman in the village of Kille.The people of the village said that she had all the butter brought from them. There was a custom long ago when a person would come into a house when they would be making a churning to take the churn awhile. They said if you not take it you would bring the butter and the luck with you. This woman never took the churn when she came into a house and the people said that was teh cause of not having any butter in the milk One day this woman came into a house and she took the churn. The people were only glad to give her the churn and when(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Glynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat O' Brian
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cahermaculick, Co. Mayo
