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School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 096

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    Cows are very useful. They supply the bounty with butter and milk. We have three cows. They have a good deal of milk and supply us with milk and butter for the whole year around.
    In summer we churn twice a week but in winter we churn once a week. We use a common churn. It is of a round shape and is about three feet high and is worked with a dash which is struck up and down.
    It takes about a half an hour to make a churning. If a person comes in while we are making a churning they usually take the churn a while, because it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Killeen
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo