School: Drummullan (roll number 13829)
- Location:
- Droim an Mhuilinn, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 327
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“Once upon a time a woman named Biddy Hopkins lived in Cummeen Elphin. She used to sell buttermilk...”
Once upon a time a woman named Biddy Hopkins lived in Cummeen Elphin. She used to sell buttermilk. If she sold you eleven pints she would take a mouthful out of each pint. One day a woman asked her why she used to taste each pint of milk. "Well, said Biddy, "An old witch" told me if I sold any more than eleven pints without tasting them, " "I would have no more buttermilk.
- Collector
- James Gormley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Commeen, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- James Gormley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Commeen, Co. Ros Comáin