School: Granard (2) (roll number 14883)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Éaléod
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 179
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Local CustomsSome people in the district believed that it was lucky to place a piece of rowan tree over the byre door or over the kitchen before the fire was lighted
They also placed a piece in the fire
This prevented butter from being stolen during the year
Another custom was to place a fresh sod of turf on the fire if a person entered while churning was in progress this also prevented the butter from being stolen
Others adopted the custom of quenching a live coal in a bucket of water placed beside the churn.
This also was supposed to prevent butter from being stolen
On little Xmas night long ago people used to make a cake of(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Frank Fagan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Killeen, Co. Longford
