School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

Location:
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Donnchadh Cuirtéis
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    Uncle Bob stopped with his aunt in Ballymurren.

    Uncle Bob stopped with his aunt in Ballymurren
    He got up this morning anyhow an' he went out for butter to the dairy for his breakfast.
    When he went to the door it was all covered with mouldy butter,
    an' when he went inside, it was the same.
    He went to his aunt an' asked her
    what was wrong with the butter.
    He tould her all about it. She tould
    him that the butter was gone
    They were churning a couple of
    days after, "An be whip to it, if I
    was to stay churning all day I'd
    never have a bit of butter only a
    churn of froth," says Bob.
    There was a fairy man living near by. an Bob went to him an' tauld him his story. The fairy man went down in a room and started to go around it.
    After a certain length of time he stopped at one spot in the room.
    An' "Be whip to it" says Bob, "you could hear milk flowin' in all quarters an'
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolnagree, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    44
    Address
    Coolnagree, Co. Wexford