School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 535
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- (continued from previous page)door, and to plunge the red-hot coulter into the churn of milk. Whoever was taking his profit would come to his house tearing the hair out of his head.He did as he was told, and it happened that his work-man came and tried to burst in the door, but was not able.Ever after, the man had plenty of butter on the churn. The witch-craft was broken.
_____________________There were people living in Ballintruer, and they kept fourteen or fifteen cows, and at one time all their little calves used to be dead when born.They went to Moll Antony, and she told them the next dead calf they would have, to light a fire on the cross-roads and throw the calf into the fire. Whoever was the cause of it, would come roaring to pull the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Lambert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Coolamaddra, Co. Wicklow
