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School: Cill Barúin (roll number 10595)

Location:
Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séan C. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 097

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    She would throw salt into the churn because she would be afraid of the butter being taken away by witchcraft.
    There were people who had the power of getting the butter back. The instructions they gave was to put an iron in the fire before churning and whoever the person was that overlooked the milk would come screaming to the house because their heart was a burning out of them. Then the woman would take the iron out of the fire and the burn would stop and the woman would get her butter.
    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
    Viola Patton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knader, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    George Patton
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knader, Co. Donegal