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School: Cill a' Lachtáin

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Killallaghtan, Co. Galway
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Seosamh Ó hAllmhuráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0028, Page 0324

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    and cold in Summer. The butter is taken out of the churn into a basin and washed and salted. Sometime ago the people used to put a coal of fire under the churn when they would be churning. It is customary when a man comes into the house and lights his pipe not to go away again without helping at the churning. Buttermilk is used for making bread.
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  2. Churning

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    Our churn at home is a dash churn. It is about three feet in height. The sides of the churn are round and it is about fifteen years old. The parts of it are the [?] dash, churn cup, butter-dish. There is a mark on our churn to correspond
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Kearns
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Address
    Lurgan Great, Co. Galway