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School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)

Location:
Kilskeer, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 546

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  3. XML “Churning”
  4. XML “Customs in Connection with Churning”

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    milk is given to calves to drink also. Butter-milk is highly prized in Dublin for drinking as there is not much of it to be got there. They pay 9d for a little can of it, which is sold here for 1d.
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  2. Customs in Connection with Churning

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    Long ago the people had queer notions about churning. Sometimes long ago, a person would throw the evil eye on your cow. (It is a curse.) It was hard to churn the cream of that cow. The only way to churn it was to put the "coulter" of a plough in the fire - that is the part that cuts the sod - reddin. You must keep it there all the time you are churning. This is supposed to break the charm. This "eye" is a curse some one puts on
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Monica Doran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloncat, Co. Meath