School: Scropul, Mullach (roll number 8241)

Location:
Drummin, Co. Clare
Teacher:
M. Ó Callanáin
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    A Story
    One May morning long ago a Parish Priest was going to a country house celebrating Mass.
    As he went along the road he saw an old woman with a red cap on at the river and she pointing to a house where she saw great smoke coming from,and she said ,"The butter of that house to me, "and "half of it to me,",said he priest.Not long after a woman came to the priest's house and she said "Oh !father ,I can't make any butter ,some person has it taken .I put Holy water and May water into the churn of cream but I can't make the butter."So the priest told her that he had half of it ,and that such a woman
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    James Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare