School: Coronea, Arva
- Location:
- Corraneary, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: P. Ó Dulchanta
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 232
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- (continued from previous page)during the process of churning, and if he did not help at the work or as the people said if he did not take a "brash" at the churn they believed that the churning would be a failure. If a red-haired woman came into a house either while churning was going on it was considered a very bad sign.
Old women in some parts of Ireland whom the people called witches were also held responsible in some districts whenever there was a small yield from churning. In the district where I live there are still many people who believe in these superstitions.
In our house we make our butter in the old style, namely the churn, and churn-dash, and many a hard spell I get at this work. I consider it one of the hardest jobs.
- Collector
- John Patrick Dennany
- Gender
- Male
