School: Carrigaline (3) (roll number 12097)

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   heard of this happening to a Mrs Shannon who lived outside Bantry. The next churning day after May day she churned her cream for hours but could not make butter the next churning day the same thing happened and she told a neighbour what had happened. The neighbour asked her if she suspected anyone if milking her cows in May morning and if she did to take a whole pan of milk after milking it, and throw it over the ditch of the suspected person. The next night she took the milk and threw it over the ditch and next churning day she was able to make her butter again.
   My mother told me of a man who was supposed to be able to turn himself into a hare on May morning and then he was able to go to the cows on May morning and milk them thereby "taking the butter." One morning one man found him in the stall and he hit him with a stick in

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sadie Chambers

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockmore, Co. Cork