School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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- XML “Care of the Farm”
- XML “Churning”
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- Collector
- Bernadette Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Until quite recently there were a great many beliefs of luck of churning. Certain people were supposed to have the power to take the butter of other people's milk. When people were churning and if another person came in and did not take the dash or if a man came in and took a coal in his pipe they would be supposed to bring the luck of the churn with them.
How is a story which is believed in this district. Once there lived a man named Hand who used not to have very little butter on his churning. One morning he rose early and went out to watch his cow. When he was a few(continues on next page)