School: An Baile Mór (roll number 11193)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   scoop, and put into a butter dish. It is washed well with cold water to take all the butter milk out of it. Then there is a little salt put into it. It is made up into half pounds and pounds with butter spades. Some of it is sold in the shops and the remainder is kept for household uses.
   Martha Moffitt
   Recieved from-:
   Margaret Moffitt
   Cloonmass

   

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2. The Great Storm

   

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   There was a great storm of wind here about forty years ago. It was on a Sunday and so it was called the Windy Sunday. The wind blew stacks of oats for several miles. It pulled the

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   Topics

   1. próisis agus feiniméin
      1. doineann (~1,727)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ruth Moffitt

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Richard G. Moffitt

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   An Baile Mór Íochtarach, Co. Dhún na nGall