School: Fota Island, Belvelly, Cóbh (roll number 11646)
- Location:
- Foaty, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Coileáin
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- Informant
- Mrs Mary Butler
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 84
- Mrs Mary Butler. Another StoryA hare used to come into this farm, every time the people were making butter, and every evening a woman used to come in for a bucket of water. People on the farm failed to make the butter - they went to the priest about it. Priest told them that the hare was the woman who came for water, also that it was milk was in the bucket instead of water. The priest said Mass in the house first, then he reddened the sock of the plough and it was burning until the woman came. When she came to the door the Priest said "Come out now(continues on next page)