School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 403
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- (continued from previous page)at about twelve o'clock he saw a woman who was carrying a sack in her hand, leave Carroll's cow house
He followed her and she ran.
Crossing a field she drooped the sack and having ascertained who the woman was he picked up the sack and went home.
Beliveing the bag to be empty threw it into an opening overhead the room door.
In this place he kept such thing's
He decided that he could say no more about the incident.
After a few weeks his wife drew his attention to the fact that she was getting much more butter from her churns than could be possible from the number of cows they milking.
They had butter for three times that number of cows or a pound for every four quarts of milk
He then thought of the sack and taking it down he heard something rattling in it.
He emptied it out on the floor and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
