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School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

Location:
Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0443

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    butter-milk (just churned or a day old) and you should travel a mile to get a drink of something else if it is more than a day old." Newly-churned buttermilk is supposed to be a very healthy and nourshing drink and good for the heart. Still more nourshing is a drink from the churn when the milk is "broken". Buttermilk a few days old is very rich in iron.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Hennigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs M. Hennigan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    90
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway