School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)
- Location:
- Droichead Átha, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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- Churning
The old Irish had funny ideas about churning. One idea was if the person that was churning had a row and was not speaking to another person the (person) faries were sure to take the butter off the churn.
They always said the rhime when churning that is "Churn the buttermilk thick thick thick half water and half milk"
One day two men were talking They both lives in Ireland and had a farm (ech) each They were always boasting to each other one pretending to know more than the other.
This day their talk was about buttermilk and one of them was boasting all he knew about buttermilk. "Is not the butter taken from the milk" said other. "There you are" said the first man "You(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sheila Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sráid San Séamas, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Mr Murray
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Sráid San Séamas, Co. Lú
