School: Scropul, Mullach (roll number 8241)

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   Churning

   Housewives generally churn once a week. They milk the cows morning and evening, separate the milk and gather the cream.

   At he end of each week they put the cream into a churn and churn it until they have made butter. They take the butter out,
   wash it and take it to the market to be sold.

   
   May morning people are suspicious of their neighbours bringing their butter. They say if they take the water off the well before themselves or borrow any irons from them that they are trying to bring the butter. It is supposed that some people keep a bone from a grave for taking butter out of the churn to be bringing it from other people .They lock the cow house door on May night in case anybody would milk the cows and bring the butter.

   If anybody comes in to a house

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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

   Patrick Tubridy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Treanmanagh, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Teresa Tubridy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   18

   Address

   Treanmanagh, Co. Clare