School: Belcarra (Buachaillí)

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Baile na Cora, Co. Mhaigh Eo
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  1. Long ago if you went into a house and a churning to be going on you should put a coal under it and a grain of salt into it, and if you did not that person would never have a bit of butter out of it. It happened that a red haired woman went into this house, while a woman was churning and took all the butter on her. For months she had no butter until at last one day a priest, having come into the house, and she told him of how she had been churning for months and never got a bit of butter. He told her to go to the red haired woman and tell her she was down and out and would she kindly spare a bit of butter. She having done as he had commanded her and she always had enough of butter from that day forth
    Charles A Daly
    Belcarra
    Castlebar
    Co Mayo
    This was told to me by my mother Mrs Daly Age 35 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. talmhaíocht (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Charles A. Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Baile na Cora, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs Daly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Baile na Cora, Co. Mhaigh Eo