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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

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Kells, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máthais Íde
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  1. Setting Charms on May Eve (continued)

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    He blessed the churn and the byre and told the woman to take her next churning to a neighbour's house and make it there. She did so and her churning was successful from that on.
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  2. Setting Charms on May Eve

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    Many of the old Irish people believed that it is possible by means of charms to take the butter from a neighbour's churn. The workers of these charms were supposed to be in league with the devil. If their charm succeeded they would have a double supply of butter on the churn while the neighbour, though he churned for ever so long, would
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. May (~639)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bertha Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12