School: Drumcrave
- Location:
- Drumcrauve, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- It is an old tradition to tie ribbons to the cows' tails on May Eve, and it is also said (said) that the grape would be left in the byre, and no manure is to be removed out of it until after May Eve.
Tradition also has it that if milk is given out on May Day, the people of the house will have no milk for the rest of the year.
- Collector
- Peter Mulvaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Billis, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mathew Mulvaney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Billis, Co. Cavan
- We churn twice a week in Winter, and Summer, and my father generally does the work. The churning is known to be done, when the dash is clear.
The butter is lifted out of the churn on a large wooden plate called a platter. It is then weighed in one pound and two pound rolls and is lastly carded with a pair of carders or printers. It is then ready for the market.
Long ago the butter was made into firkins, each firkin containing about 112 lbs and often more. These firkins are(continues on next page)
