School: Druim an t-Seagail (roll number 1772)
- Location:
- Ryehill Demesne, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Máire Ní Eimhirín Seosamh P. Ó hUigín Áine Ní Uigín
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- 1. If you put salt on the lid of the churn and a coal under ut, it keeps the fairies from stealing the butter
Mary Fanning, Farravaun (12 yrs)2. If you go into a house and do not help at the churning you would take away all the butter.
May Treacy, (13 yrs)3. If you threw out a coal while churning would be going on, the fairies would take all the butter.
[?] [?] (Ballyskeagh) 14 yrs.4. If a tinker woman came in on May Day and did not take a hand at the churning before leaving, she would have had luck all the year
Dick Molloy, Ryehil (12 yrs)5 Long ago people used to put a briar around the churn to prevent fairies from stealing the butter
Bridie McScaith, Ballyshea, (13 yrs)6. If a man entered a house while people were churning, and lit his pipe with a coal from the fire, the butter would leave the churn, unless he took three turns(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Mc Grath
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Chrissie Brannelly
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Farravaun, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Delia Fahy
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Dick Molloy
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Freda Dooley
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Gerry Molloy
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Joe Fahy
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Mary Fanning
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Farravaun, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Mary Treacy
- Address
- Caherlissakill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Mary Wall
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Philomena Mannion
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ryehill, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Teresa Mc Grath
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway