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School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 128

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    he or she would put more butter in it.
    There are a lot of superstitions about churning - putting a coal under the churn, so it would be easy to churn. People never put buttermilk into the churn secondly because if any body came in they could steal the butter.
    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
    Chrissy Mannion
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56