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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
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P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 315

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    the next time she was churning she had three times more butter in her churn than she used to have. This happened a few times so she went and asked the priest about it. He told her to leave back the suggan at the well, as the extra butter she had was taken from some other person's dairy. She did this and the next time she churned she had her usual amount of butter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mrs J. Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois