School: Boulavogue
- Location:
- Buaile Mhaodhóg, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: Énrí Tréinfhear
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People would not drive a cow with an alder bush. It is lucky to have a goat with cows because it is said while a goat is with her [a cow] she will not lose her calf.Frank Armstrong,
Boolavogue, Ferns, CoWexford. - Churning.Mrs Doyle of Croneyhorn has a churning machine. It is about two feet wide. The sides are round. The dash, the lid, the pole and the wheels are parts of it. The butter is made twice a week in winter and in summer. The churning is done with an ass. If a stranger comes in during the churning he helps at the work. It is said that it is lucky. The churning takes about half-an-hour. The churning is done by yoking the ass to the pole(continues on next page)
