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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
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Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 228

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    “Some years ago a certain family could not get any butter from the milk they churned.”

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    Some years ago a certain family could not get any butter from the milk they churned. They used to churned for hours but they got no butter.
    One day a man from the neighbourhood was talking to the head of this family. The head of this family told the other man that he could not get any butter when he churned. The other man told him redden the coulter of a plough before he churned. When the coulter was red the latter told the former to put the coulter into the churn and that the person who was taking the butter would come roaring to their door.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie O Hara
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilrush, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corgar, Co. Leitrim