Scoil: Castlecoote (uimhir rolla 6344)
- Suíomh:
- Baile Mhic Oireachtaigh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Múinteoir: Máire, Bean Uí Ghabhláin
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- XML Scoil: Castlecoote
- XML Leathanach 274
- XML “Churning”
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Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)and the doors to be locked while the churning was in progress. After a short time a knock came to the door and the voice of another neighbouring woman was heard asking for admittance. The bean a tighe kept on churning at the request of the person in charge of the red hot coulter. At last the knocking got louder and finally the woman outside gave a frightful scream and said "I'm burning let me in." There never such a lot of butter as came that day in the churn. The door was then opened and a very timid, frightened woman came into the house.7
An old woman was known to spit into the milk before giving a "drop" to a neighbour - lest her cow would go dry.
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When going to churn she took a coal, out of the fire with the tongs, went round the churn three times, saying some prayer and finally put the coal under the churn and began her churning.