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School: Druim an t-Seagail (roll number 1772)

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Ryehill Demesne, Co. Galway
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Máire Ní Eimhirín Seosamh P. Ó hUigín Áine Ní Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 062

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  1. Churning

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    1. If you put salt on the lid of the churn and a coal under ut, it keeps the fairies from stealing the butter
    Mary Fanning, Farravaun (12 yrs)
    2. If you go into a house and do not help at the churning you would take away all the butter.
    May Treacy, (13 yrs)
    3. If you threw out a coal while churning would be going on, the fairies would take all the butter.
    [?] [?] (Ballyskeagh) 14 yrs.
    4. If a tinker woman came in on May Day and did not take a hand at the churning before leaving, she would have had luck all the year
    Dick Molloy, Ryehil (12 yrs)
    5 Long ago people used to put a briar around the churn to prevent fairies from stealing the butter
    Bridie McScaith, Ballyshea, (13 yrs)
    6. If a man entered a house while people were churning, and lit his pipe with a coal from the fire, the butter would leave the churn, unless he took three turns
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Mc Grath
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Chrissie Brannelly
    Age
    14
    Address
    Farravaun, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Delia Fahy
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Dick Molloy
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Freda Dooley
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Gerry Molloy
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Joe Fahy
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Mary Fanning
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Farravaun, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Mary Treacy
    Address
    Caherlissakill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Mary Wall
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Philomena Mannion
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ryehill, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Teresa Mc Grath
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway