School: Templenoe, Caiseal

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   the handle and he said he would blame her for taking his butter so she gave a few turns and fled from the dairy in a fury. To the astonishment of the people the churn was full of butter and the three weeks supply was back. In Losseth, Holyford at my Grandmother's Aunt's lace, for the month of May and June they could not make one lb. of butter from thirty six cows. The cream was simply forth in the churn. In desperation the man of the house went back to the mountain to consult an old woman who used to get back butter. She came to the house with him and asked for the coulter of a plough, she put it into the fire and heaped peat over it. "As it is getting hotter and hotter I will bring the culprit to the door begging for mercy she said. The people of the house were frightened and after half an hour a neighbouring woman came screaming to take the coulter out of the fire. There was no further trouble with the butter making and within a week the butter was back.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kitty Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Tim Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Dangan, Co. Tipperary