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   “Uncle Bob stopped with his aunt in Ballymurren.”

   

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   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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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Alice Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coolnagree, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Patrick Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   44

   Address

   Coolnagree, Co. Wexford