School: Urlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Seán Mac Coitir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0869, Page 278
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- (continued from previous page)in Winter. The butter is rinsed in several waters and is lifted with butter spades on to butter boards. It is then salted and made into rolls and left in a cool place. Butter could be taken by means of sorcery and charms, from the cows of one person and added to the butter of the cows of the person using such charms. May Eve was always the date this was practiced. Churning was never performed in parts of the country without first placing a red cinder under the churn. If a person lighted a pipe in the house during the churning he is made to quench it before going outside. Under no circumstances is anyone allowed to take fire or irons out of the house while the churning is in operation.
