School: Mostrim (B.) (roll number 2083)
- Location:
- Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Richard Hyland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 249
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- (continued from previous page)was a man who never believed in piseogs. On going out to look at cattle one May morning very early he happened to come upon an large ball of wool.
Picking it up and bringing it home he pitched it up on the kitchen loft.
The next day the churning was done and when the woman of the house was about five minutes churning the churn over flowed with the abundance of butter.
On talking to the neighbours about this matter they complained to her and said that they could not get any butter off their churn.
So the next day came and the same thing happened. The man of the house became uneasy and being a Protestant said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Albert Anderson
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisnagrish, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mat Coyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilsallagh, Co. Longford
