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School: Baile an Churraigh

Location:
Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 396

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    take a turn at it and no man is allowed to light his pipe as it is said that if he lit it and went out without churning that he would bring away the butter off the milk.
    Many superstitions are connected with churning. Once a woman lost most of the butter off the milk so when she went again she got a burned coal and put it under the churn and a piece of burnt heather and tied a piece of red ribbon to the lid of the churn and let no man in until she had churned. having finished she took out the butter, which filled tow pails from about seven gallons.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Mee
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Mee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway