School: Kilbeggan (B.)

Location:
Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 419

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    the butter with them. There is an old sayng "Take a live coal way, my butter will be less to-day", consequently no man is ever allowed to take a live coal to light his pipe while the churning is in progress.
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  2. The old people in the district still believe that if the well is skimmed on a May morning and the water used in the churning that day will have butter for the whole year.
    Mrs Caffrey tells the story of a woman who was supposed to take the milk of her neighbors. One time a man. her near neighbor decided to keep an eye on his cows.
    Nothing happened for an hour. At last he saw a cockroach better known as a clock on one of the spins. He had a snuff box in his pocket and he put the cockroach in it. Then he went into the house and conveniently burnt the clock.
    He went next morning to the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Hurley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Caffrey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath