School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)
- Location:
- Lowertown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Mhathúna
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0289, Page 407
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- (continued from previous page)in which she was, there was a big pool and who should be there, but the other woman, and she had the spancel that she stole from Mrs Daly, and she had it caught at each end, and she was jumping up and down in the water, and splashing the water up on herself, and repeating over and over again "Seó, Seó, Dóirichín". Then she knew that it was she was carrying the butter and that they were the words she had.There was another woman in Dunmanus named Mrs Goggin. She didn't make any butter for three years. She had all the blame on her neighbour, because she knew that she was carrying the butter, and she couldn't stop her. One day there was a Priest passing the field in which the cows of that woman were in. He saw her neighbour milking one of the cows. He listened and he heard her repeating strange words. He went on his journey without molesting her. Weeks went on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Donovan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Jeremiah Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 97
- Address
- Gunpoint, Co. Cork
