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School: Newtown, Dunleckny

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An Baile Nua, Co. Cheatharlach
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Maurice Collins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 228

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    fairy butter on the door of their dairies. When these people went to churn afterwards they could make no butter even though they churned all day. This went on for some time, but finally the neighbours heard of a fairy man who lived in Newtownbarry. This fairy man was suppose to have a churn to break the power of the witch.
    He would go to a quichen berry tree, cut some switches off it, and plait them together into around ring. When this ring was put down over the dash of the churn it broke the witch's spell, and the butter came back with the churning once more.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cill Draighneach, Co. Cheatharlach
    Collector
    Babs Doyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Bóthar Mór, Co. Cheatharlach
    Informant
    Alice Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    47
    Address
    An Baile Nua, Co. Cheatharlach