School: Leac Snámha (B.) (roll number 10957)
- Location:
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dáithí. B. Ó Duilleáin
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- There are several old stories and sayings as regards churning in this district. Some of these are not superstitious. It is said that if the man of the house comes in during the process of butter-making that if he does not help at the work that the butter would disappear.
Always when the man of the house comes in and if he is in a hurry he touches the churn with his hand and says "Here! for fear I might carry away the butter".
There is an old song about churning, one line of which is "Take a turn at the churn till the butter will be made". Long ago when the butter would be made the woman of the house would give a mug of the buttermilk to any(continues on next page)- Collector
- Tom Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballynagare, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Kate Lovett
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Lixnaw, Co. Kerry