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Drumsillagh or Sallybank (Merritt), Co. Clare
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Seán Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0585, Page 179

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    went over to the window they saw a woman, and she had a reins tied off the ceiling and she sitting on a stool and she had a bucket under the reins and she milking at her best the two men kept watching and then they saw the bucket over flow, she put the milk into the churn and began to churn,
    When she had churned and the butter made she disappeared and was never seen again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Fennessy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghera, Co. Clare
    Collector
    May Moloney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aharinaghbeg, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Christopher Fennessy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghera, Co. Clare