School: Cill Cúlach
- Location:
- Kilcooly, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0054, Page 0259
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- (continued from previous page)very charitable to the poor. There was a poor woman one day whose cow got stuck in a drain. There she was crying, seeing no one to whom she could call for help. Well as luck happened who should come thundering along, but one of those robbers and his steed all foam, for his pursuers were not far behind. The poor woman implored of him to lend her a hand. He jumped from his horse, telling her to stand aside. Then taking the cow by the tail, he landed her on solid ground, so with many blessings from the old woman he continued his journey.
- We have a machine churn at home. It is eighteen inches high and sixteen inches wide. We churn twice a week in summer and once a week in winter and it takes twenty minutes to churn. Our churn holds three and a half gallons. At first the churn is cleaned(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Flanagan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rafarn, Co. Galway
