School: Tíréaltan, Maghcromtha (roll number 13286)
- Location:
- Teerelton, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0339, Page 181
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- (continued from previous page)an old woman was standing in a place where three streams met. She was working her arms as a person does when making a churn. As she worked she said those words. I'll have all, I'll have all. A man who was passing along heard her and said in a joke I'll have half.
when he arrived at his house he found his churn going at an awful mate pouring butter out. He and his family tried to stop it but failed. He had to send for the priest and got him to expel the witch craft from his dairy and churn. After that people were afraid of interference with their butter and demanded of everybody who(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Donal Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mountmusic, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Dan Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Address
- Mountmusic, Co. Cork
