School: Cnocán an Teampaill, Ros Gréine
- Location:
- Knockantemple, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Nic Aodhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0554, Page 212
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- 1. A Foxy woman has not the hands to make butter, they are too soft.
2. A horse shoe was put under the churn while the butter was being made.
3. People used to put butter in the scratching poles in the cow field so that the cows would milk well.
4. Every one who came in while butter was churned had to give a hand if they didnt theyd take the butter with them and no more butter could be made in that house for a year
5. You should always do was ever a foxy woman would tell you when you were churning.
6. People used to skim the wells on May morning to take the butter for the year from the cows. They'd say the name of the cows.
7, Every one who comes in while people are churning should say "God bless the work." or the butter couldn't be made.
8. Butter is put on a burn to ease it.
9. People rub butter to a bruise to prevent(continues on next page)
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- Mrs Delaney
- Gender
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- Address
- Railstown, Co. Tipperary
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- Mrs Lonergan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castleblake, Co. Tipperary
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- Address
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