School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

Location:
Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 20_014

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    the cream from splashing out around the cover and it is very difficult to make butter in Winter with those make of churn.
    The old people youst to have a lot superstitions when a person would come into the house while the Churn would be making the would have to help to make the Churn and it is said if they the house without making a little of the churn that it would not make for the day.It is said that some people can have more butter than other people which has more cows than them by some magic powers.It is also said that one person would take the butter from another person by going into the house and by performing some tricks the butter would be left outside the door next morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig de Barra
    Gender
    Male