School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: G. Ó Súilleabháin
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- People put a coal under the churn while they are churning and somtimes a red iron is put under it. If you went into a house for a coal and the people of the house were churing you would not get the coal. It is not lucky to churn under a rafter because no butter will come on the milk.
It is not lucky but to take the churn when you go into a house, if the people are churning. The usual make of churns to be found through the country are: a dash churn i.e., one something like a barrell. It is left on something, the ground while churning. In the middle of the lid is a round hole into which is put something like the handle of a spade. This is pulled up and down and quickly till the butters comes on the milk. A barrell churn is one like a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kevin Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cooldorragh, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Cooldorragh, Co. Offaly
