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1. Butter-Making (continued)

   

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   If a stranger came in and a woman churning the stranger would take the dash and churn for a few minutes. If he did not it would be believed he took the butter. There is a story told of a man who went into a house one day to light his pipe and the woman was churning but he did not take the dash only took a coal to light his pipe and he brought the coal with him. After a time the woman could not get any butter and she sent one of her children to get back the coal and they did. When she got it she put it under the churn and she got the butter back.
   There is another story told of a woman who churned one day and could not get any butter and the third time she tried the milk became frothy. She sent for the priest and he blessed the churn and she got back the butter. At the same time nine of her neighbours were churning every day and could not get any butter. There was woman in the village who had only one cow and she was selling pounds of butter every week and each of these nine neighbours noticed that at one time or

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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

   K. Shaughnessy

   Address

   Corboghil, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   John Shaughnessy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Corboghil, Co. Roscommon