School: An Gleann, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Gortcallyroe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Méadhbh Ní Chléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0587, Page 131
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“Pat Mac Namara has a very old churn.”
Pat MacNamara has a very old churn. It is three feet in height. The churn is fifteen years old. The names of the parts of it are the dash, the cup, and the lid. It was generally in the Summer that the butter was made. Mrs. MacNamara usually made it. If a stranger came in while the butter was being made he should take a hand at it because if he did not the people would not get a good price for the butter. It is a dash churn. They worked the dash up and down.
- Collector
- Mary Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Pat Mac Namara
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 30
- Address
- Ballygarreen, Co. Clare
- There is a field near a stream in Ballygreen and it is said that there is a fairy pot of gold buried there. One night a man began to dig for the gold. He had the pot of gold on a spade when he heard old women "blittling" clothes. He looked around to see if it were the fairies that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Tom Boland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Ballygarreen, Co. Clare