School: Cnapach (Crappagh) (roll number 7529)
- Location:
- Crappagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Horan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0949, Page 194
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- (continued from previous page)contrivance fixed to the wall and attached to the churn-staff. By turning a handle this contrivance moved up and down and caused the dash to move up and down also and so the churning was done. When churning mother lifts a spoonful and if there are yellow pieces here and there through the mlik she says "it is broken" or in other words the butter is beginning to come.Many stories are told about churning. Long ago it was supposed that there were people who could take the good away from the milk and people would be churning for hours and could get no butter.One of these stories is told about a woman who used always to go to a certain house when they were churning and ask for something. So sure as she came they never could get any butter. A friend told them to studd every hole in the house and start the churn. They did so but forgot about the key hoe and she came in through it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Mc Gorman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumary, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Gorman
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 50
- Address
- Drumary, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs O' Rourke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Drumary, Co. Monaghan
