School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)

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1. Churning (continued)

   “When people are beginning to churn they put a bit of salt in for good luck.”

   

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   comes in to light his pipe or takes away a coal no butter will come on.
   If anyone comes in he must help with the churning. The old people say "To put their weight in the butter". The dash and chime are parts of the churn.

   

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   “The first, second and third of April are called borrowed days.”

   

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   The first, second and third of April are called borrowed days. March borrows them from April to skin the old cow. The skin was so tight on the old cow that March was not able to skin her in thirty-one days so she had to borrow three from April.

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. the Days of the Brindled Cow (~51)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   N. Connelly

   Gender

   Unknown

   Address

   Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Patrick Lyons

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Grangeclare West, Co. Kildare