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School: Baile na Cille, Roscrea (roll number 10350)

Location:
Ballynakill, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
F. Bergin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0548, Page 083

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    When people are churning and if anyone comes into the house they have to take a dash or they would take the butter.
    Some people put a band of iron round the butter, in this district on May day so that the fairies would not take it.
    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
    Frances Meagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynakill, Co. Tipperary