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School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)

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Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 300

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    Once upon a time an old woman was churning. When she was churning for a while, a little man all dressed in white appeared to her and said, ''Let me churn a while.'' She did not let him churn. The old woman started to churn again. When she had finished, she found that she could get no butter off the milk.
    She told her neighbour about what happened to her. The neighbours told her to churn again and see what would happen. The old woman churned again, but could not get any butter off the milk.
    Some time afterwards she was churning, and the little man came again. This time she let him
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán Sharkey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Edward Sharkey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim