School: Manulla (roll number 14544)

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1. The Churn (continued)

   

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   When people are finished churning they wash the churn with hot water and salt. Sometimes, before churning, people put the signs of the cross over the churn with a drop of cream out of the crock. Monday is a lucky day for churning. Sometimes people put a coal under the churn, and a fist of salt into it before they churn. A man would not be let light his pipe whilst the woman of the house is churning.

   

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2. November's Night

   

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   November's Night On November's night boys and girls have great fun ducking for apples. The old people sit around the fire, telling stories and laughing at the young boys playing tricks. A basin of water is got. An apple is put in the water and then ducking for the apple begins. Three saucers are put on the bale. Clay is

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   Topics

   1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
         1. Oíche Shamhna (~934)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Willie Masterson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Maigh Nulla, Co. Mhaigh Eo

   Informant

   Patrick Masterson

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Maigh Nulla, Co. Mhaigh Eo