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1. Omens (continued)

   

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   to have your hat or gloves behind you. or it is unlucky to turn back on a journey it is unlucky to meet a hare To dream of a robin is good news or it considered unlucky to lace one boote before you have the other on. or when a cricket goes to a strange house it is a sign of Death or if a coal fall out of the fire it is a sign of a visitor.
   I heard them from my mother Annie Kennedy Brigid Kennedy Emyvale Co Monaghan.

   

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2. Churning

   

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   We have a churn at home, It is about 3ft high 2ft across the top. 4ft at bottom it is 1ft in the middle. It is about ten years old, When churning we use a churn-dash and andacapp which goes down on the lid which the buttermilk would splash out of. There are five iron bars around the outside of the churn. First you must put plenty of boiling water into your churn to scrub it out, then rinse it out with cold water then turn your milk into it which has to be thick. next you chrun a little while and the put boiling

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eileen Treacy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cornacreeve, Co. Monaghan