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  1. Local Superstitions About Churning - When Churning

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    When making a churning, the person making it always asks a visitor to use the churn dash for a little while. The reason is, that it prevents the butter from being taken away.
    While a churning is being made it is stated that should a man leave the place where the churning is being made & he smoking a pipe, he will bring the butter with him.
    During the making of a churning, a live coal should not be taken from fire without being replaced by a [?] of turf. This is also to prevent the butter being taken.
    It is considered that a penny put under a churn while the churning is being made helps to give a yellow colour to the butter.
    When commencing to churn some people always shake salt on the churn lid, and at the same time throw a grain of salt in the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Craggagh, Co. Mayo