School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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- (continued from previous page)it under the churn with a live coal and a handful of salt and burn them together.
There are other methods people had to keep a good supply of butter in the churn. A horse shoe tied to it; a rusty nail from a coffin driven into the side, a cross made of veronica placed at the bottom of the milk pail, but they consider mountain ash best.
- On Michaelmas Eve the best gosling was killed, and eaten at dinner on Michaelmas Day ion order to leave the plentiness with the family all the year round
Pluckers came round and were employed by the farmers to pluck all their geese. This was done for profit for they could sell the feathers separate from the geese and get money for both.
On Christmas Eve every farmer put out a sheaf of corn to feed the birds.
On Christmas Day everyone stayed in her own house. No visiting was done either during(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Sheerin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
