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1. Rhyme Connected with Churning - Churning (continued)

   

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   bank of turf, and when he lifted it he found a wooden dish with powder in it and when he took the dish in his hands, it went to powder Long ago when the people of the house would be churning, if any strange person came into the house, they would not let them out again until they would have their hand on the churn for fear they would take the butter with them. when the people long ago used to be churning they used to put a coal under the churn for fear the fairies would take the butter Long ago when the people would be going milking a cow they would bring a kindled coal with them and they would milk the first drop of milk from every teat on the coal for fear the fairies would take the butter of that milk when it was churned Long ago the people would

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Peggie Josephine Padden

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrowkeribly, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Michael Padden

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Carrowkeribly, Co. Mayo