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B. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 257

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    go to three different wells on a May morning.
    Three buckets of water would be sufficient from the three wells. What ever water the churn would be wanting it would be poured into it out of the three buckets from the different wells. Then a rowan tree 'gad' would be put on the churn staff. It was when the churning was finished that you had more butter of it; and that you had the butter of your three neighbours because you brought the water for your own churn out of their wells.
    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
    James Toher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killybandrick, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Farrell Toher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Killybandrick, Co. Cavan