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School: Killeenkere

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Killinkere, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
A. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1005, Page 054

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    Long ago there was a man named Willy McCleary Drumagolandm he was loosing the butter off the churn. One day when he was digging his potatoes a man walked up to him and said "If you give me a half crown you will loose no butter"
    McCleary said he was poor and had no half crown. The man told him he had two half crowns within on the dresser. Then he gave him one of the half crowns and he lost no more butter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lissanymore, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Bernard Kiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissanymore, Co. Cavan