School: Killeenkere
- Location:
- Killinkere, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Ó Cléirigh
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- (continued from previous page)have old stories about overlooking animals and bringing milk and butter from one an other's cows.
When a cow would be overlooked the owner would write the alphabet in capital letters and bring it out and burn it under her nose. It was known in several cases that as soon as the last letter is burned the cow would get better at once.
The people that had the power of bringing the milk and butter would go out in the shape of a hare and get a sup of milk from their neighbour's cow. When that person that the milk was brought from would start to churn they would have nothing on it but froth. To get the butter back they would have to go to a person who had the power of getting it back. This person would make a thread and get something from the that was supposed to bring it. When they would have the thread made the butter would be back the next(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Louie Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- John Fitzsimons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Cavan
