School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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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(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Killeen
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo