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   “It is said that it is not right to let a spark of fire out of the house”

   

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   It is said that it is not right to let a spark of fire out of the house while a churn is being made. If a person should enter a house while a churn is being made and if he should not strike any blow in the churn and if he should walk out it is said that the butter would not come in the churn. There was a churn being made in a house long ago. A neighbour came in to redden his pipe. He walked out soon after and he did not strike any blow in the churn. The butter was coming in the churn. The people of the house were trying to make the churn but it was no use for them. That churn did not make or a good many other churns after that. The man of the house was told to go to the house of the neighbour that came in to redden his pipe. He went

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán Ó Néill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coulagh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Bríghid Ní Néill

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Coulagh, Co. Cork