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School: Hollyfort (roll number 12523)

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Hollyfort, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mabel Vaughan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0888, Page 244

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    as, if they did not, it is said the milk would never be churned and they would be thought to have "taken" the butter.
    A story was told me about people having no butter on their milk, though churning went on for days. Then an old woman was going around selling things in a basket, and she told them to put a handful of salt in the four corners of the field, where the cows were grazing. They did so, and the milk got all right again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Bass
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Informant
    Miss Mary Gordon
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Ballingarry Lower, Co. Wexford