School: Leitre (roll number 16164)
- Location:
- Lettera, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 053
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- One day two tailor were sitting on the floor in a certain house tailoring. The woman of the house was making a churning.
A neighbour came in for a coal and they gave it to her. When she was taking it one of the tailors cut a piece off it and threw it into a bucket of water. After a while the woman came in again for another coal and they refused her. The woman of the house was churning a long time and no butter was coming on the milk. The tailor called her down and there in the bucket was all the butter.
- In Ireland long ago there was a woman and she used to put out the ashes every morning. When she used to be putting it out(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Connelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shannagh More, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Brigid Connelly
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
