School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 712
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- (continued from previous page)to the butter.
When a man used to go into a house and if the woman of the house was making a churning he used to be expected to give the churn a turn. If he did not the woman used to say that there would be no butter in it. They used to put a coal under the churn so that they would have butter. Nobody was allowed to take a coal out of the fire or to light a pipe while the churning was been made for they say it would take away the butter.
It used to be made from oak timber. The old people used to make the churning every four days in summer and every week in winter. They used to take up the butter with their hands. Before this they used to put their hands in water as hot as they could bear it so that the butter would not stick to them.
- Collector
- Louis Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Branraduff, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Branraduff, Co. Mayo
