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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Tulach

Location:
Tulla, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Sr. M. Lorcán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 027

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    Churning.The churns which the old people used were small round churns with a dash up from it.Nowadays people have more up-to- date and handier churns and the butter is much nicer.
    If a woman is making a churn and a person comes into the house the woman should not let the person out without making some of the churn for if she did it is said the person would take the butter away with them.A man should never light his pipe with a coal in a house while while a churn is being made for it is said that no butter would come from the churn.
    If a person is seen walking in another's man's land on on May Eve it is said that he can take away the butter from that man for the year and no cream
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    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
    Síghle Ní Ógáin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Tome, Co. Clare