"The Munster Buttermilk", in Gaelic "An Bhláthach Mhuimhneach" or "Barr na Feirste", also known as "Behind the Haystack", "Box the Monkey", "Christmas Day in the Morning", "Squeeze Your Thighs" or "Take Her or Leave Her" is an Irish jig in D Major. The parts are played ABCC (Moylan), ABCDE (Breathnach) or AABBCC (Brody, Kennedy, Kerr).
The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898.
As "Box the Monkey" it appears in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of another uilleann piper, Anglican cleric Phillip Goodman of County Cork.
It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ II (1976), Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), Kennedy's Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours (1997), Kerr's Merry Melodies vol. 1 (1880's), Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858), Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994) and Taylor's Music for the Sets: Blue Book (1995).
It was recorded by Percy Scott (Montreal, 1920, as 2nd tune in "Jig Medley"), Moloy, Brady, and Peoples and Boys of the Lough on Live at Passim (1974).