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School: Corlea

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Corlea, Co. Cavan
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T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 077

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    butter is done it comes up on the lid in small parts. Old people were very superstitious about the butter and believed that the butter would be taken off the churn by a witch who could work a charm.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Anna Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    52
    Address
    Northlands, Co. Cavan