School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592E, Page 06_021
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Piseoga of taking butter. 12 ..2. 37
People who try to "take butter milk the cow behind the owner's back and then they work some kind of magic.If you had a cow that would kick while you would be milking her and if you had to put a spancil on her then if you left the spancil after you and another woman to come and bring it she could bring the butter. If you suspected such a woman had it you should go and milk the cows and throw it into the churn along with the cream you had you could get back the butter. There was a woman living in Dromindoora she hadn't any cow only a goat.She was selling nine pounds of butter weekly.There was a neighbouring woman who had three cows and she had no butter, a woman was making butter but whatever kind(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lena Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derryfadda, Co. Clare
- Informant
- John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockatunna, Co. Clare
