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School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)

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Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0140, Page 173

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    take a chip of wood off it. They are under the impression that the owner of the churn will have no butter and that she or he will have it all. There are other superstitious people and they take a live coal out of the fire and put it under the churn three times because they are afraid the fairies might take the butter.
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  2. The Churn

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    We have a churn at home. It is about three feet high. It is round at the bottom and taper to about four inches from the top where they widen out. This churn is four years old
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    38
    Address
    Ballycastle, Co. Mayo