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School: Mercy Convent, Rathangan

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Rathangan, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0778, Page 009

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    and lit her pipe, as was then customary. The red-haired woman entered the kitchen, and went over to the churn for her share of buttermilk. As she did so, Mrs. Mulanthony seized her, saying: "Get out of this house, you villian. It is you who took the butter away." When Mrs Doran took the lid off the churn, she found that all the stolen butter had been restored.
    This story was told to me by Mrs Margaret Heavy, Woodlands, Rathangan,and she heard it from her mother.
    Mary K. Burke
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary K. Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Heavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathangan, Co. Kildare