School: Ros Inbhir (roll number 14501)

On this page

1. Churning (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   came no butter on the milk. The farmer was forced to give up the churning on account of an nasty odour which came from the milk. He went to the priest and got him to read an Office and when he returned home he continued his work and got his usual supply of butter.
   Sometimes the people put irons under the churn and when there would come no butter on the milk they would put the irons in the fire and while the irons would be in the fire the person who had the irons would be suffering the pain of the burning iron. On a May eve the people would pluck May flowers and put some at the byre door and the kitchen door and windows. This custom is practised in the country yet, and the old people believe that no one could take the butter off their milk that year. It was told in the district that on the first May morning a

   (continues on next page)

   

   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

   Tessie Mc Sharry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Sraud (Conolly), Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs J. Mc Sharry

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Sraud (Conolly), Co. Leitrim