School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)

Location:
Leggagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 488

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  1. Long ago the people in my district firmly believed that certain persons could take away their butter, and the only time they could lose it was on May morning.
    A man was going from my townland to the fair of Arva on a May morning about fifty years ago. He saw two women in a field. Each of them held the end of a straw rope and they drew it along near the ground knocking the dew off the grass.
    As they were walking along they continued repeating "All for me." The man who was going to the fair said in fun, "I claim the half." A few days afterwards the wife of the man who was going to the fair prepared to churn.
    Although all the cream she had was one crock, before they were ten minutes churning the lid was lifted off the churn with
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Glade
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Garvary, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Nicholas Mc Glade
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Garvary, Co. Longford