School: Bun an Fhionnghlaise (roll number 11454)
- Location:
- Bunnafinglas, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 63
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- (continued from previous page)bank of turf, and when he lifted it he found a wooden dish with powder in it and when he took the dish in his hands, it went to powder
Long ago when the people of the house would be churning, if any strange person came into the house, they would not let them out again until they would have their hand on the churn for fear they would take the butter with them.
when the people long ago used to be churning they used to put a coal under the churn for fear the fairies would take the butter
Long ago when the people would be going milking a cow they would bring a kindled coal with them and they would milk the first drop of milk from every teat on the coal for fear the fairies would take the butter of that milk when it was churned
Long ago the people would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggie Josephine Padden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkeribly, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Padden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrowkeribly, Co. Mayo
