School: Kilduff

Location:
Kilduff Upper, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 050

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 050

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    he visited him, and told him his story to him.
    Then the man asked him how long it was since he lost the butter, and the other man, said it was about seven years. "You can add two more to it," said the man with the cure, and he also told him, that a certain family in his own townland had it, and to go back and demand it. So it was said that he got it.
    In a townland called Laghey, there lived a woman, called the Carrot, who it was said used to take butter. It was also said that she used to sell 14 lbs of butter every week, but nobody ever knew, how she used to take it.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Mc Grail
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Francis Carrigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Shass, Co. Leitrim