School: Kilduff
- Location:
- Kilduff Upper, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Floinn
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- Collector
- Hugh Mc Grail
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Phil Dolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Dowra, Co. Cavan
- In the townland of Umera there lived a poor woman who had only on cow, and every week she would churn. One evening while churning a woman who lived in the same townland passed by the door to a well which was near at hand.
When she was coming back she spoke but did not ask to churn any and passed on her way. About ten minutes after when the other woman went to take off the butter she found that she had none.
She then guessed that the woman had brought it. After some time she thought of a(continues on next page)