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School: Naomh Ceitheach, Runnamoat (roll number 8499)

Location:
Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Gráinne, Bean Uí Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 080

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  1. A Story about Churning

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    There is a common superstition especially among elderly people about churning - namely that if anyone enters while the churning is going on, and either places a lighted coal in his pipe or takes out one without giving a hand at the work brings the butter with him.
    The following is a tale I heard my mother recount which she heard in her childhood.
    Her mother owned three cows famous for the amount of butter which their milk produced. Twice or three times a week she had to churn and sold the butter in the
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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
    Gertrude Mary Morton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Maria Ballenlyne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon