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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 261

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    We have a very nice churn at home it is a green one with the hopps painted white. It is about three feet high and two foot and a half wide.
    The sides are straight and narrow in the middle.
    It is about a year and a half old. The different parts of the churn are called the hopps the caisín the churndash the joggler and the lid.
    The butter is made about once a week each year. The woman that makes the churning and the family helps.
    Any one who comes in during the churning helps to make it
    In olden times it was thought that if any one went out without making the churn would bring the luck of the butter with him.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Rattigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Minnie Rattigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Meelick, Co. Mayo