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School: Cill Choinnigh (roll number 13563)

Location:
Kilkenny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Giolla Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1053, Page 210

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    salt put on it. Then it is made into prints weighing about one pound. The buttermilk is used for making bread and feeding young calves. It takes one hour to churn the milk in the Winter but if the weather is warm a half an hour does.
    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
    Winnie Boyce
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Edward Boyce
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulnamin Beg, Co. Donegal