School: Kilbeggan (B.)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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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. Churning

   

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   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