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School: Ballymahon (B.) (roll number 12690)

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Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Eugene Conway
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    If you go into the house where the churning is going on, you must take a turn at the churn. You are not supposed to leave the house while churning is going on.
    Taking a coal of the fire on a Monday morning is not good for the churn that week.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harry Flood
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Laurence Cooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    92
    Address
    Daroge, Co. Longford