School: Caisleán Nua (C) (roll number 15772)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   to each lb of butter on the dish. Butter made up like this is excellent butter fit for the first lady of the land. If you have 2 cows you need to churn twice a week during summer and once a week during the winter. The old proverb was, any stranger that would come in should put his hand on the churn to prevent the person from bringing the luck of the butter out of the house. The old people had so much faith in this that if the stranger would not put his hand on the churn the people would make you do it. Cakes are made by the buttermilk some people drink it and the suplers supply that's left is given to pigs.

   

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2. Happenings of Holidays

   

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   St. Brigid's Night.
   St. Brigid's night all the people of the house gather early for supper. The housewife

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   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Philomena Mahon

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Galway

   Informant

   John Mahon

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Galway