School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Gharaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 047

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  1. Once upon a time my great grandfather Robert Notley was critting turf in Cloonboney bog where my father is cutting now. He found a cool of butter which weighed 2 stones. It was buried about 12 feet down in the ground. The butter was unfit for family use and he used it as cart grease.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maise Beirne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Furnace or Bleankillew, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mick Beirne
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Furnace or Bleankillew, Co. Leitrim