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School: Mc Kelvey's Grove (roll number 9130)

Location:
Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Eva Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 340

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    The man of the house would have to go for some man or woman who had the power to charm away the ill-luck. This man would take rags or thatch and burn it in front of the cow's nose.
    The only rhyme that I know connected with churning is
    Churn the buttermilk, thick, thick, thick.
    For I'll have none of your watery milk.
    We use the buttermilk for baking bread or drinking or giving some of it to the pigs and calves.
    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
    Bertha Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Loughbrattoge, Co. Monaghan