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School: An Clochar, Port Omna

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Portumna, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Lorcáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0057, Page 0440

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    and it has been in use for about ten years. There is a vent in the side of the churn and it is through this the milk comes out when the butter is churned.
    As milk is more plentiful in Summer than in Winter people can churn oftener in Summer. The number of times people churn depends on the number of cows they have. Everyone helps in twisting the handle of the churn but it is my mother who looks after the butter. Any stranger coming into the house must take a hand at the churning as there is an old saying that if they do not help with the churning they will take the good of the butter with them. The churning usually takes about twenty minutes.
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    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
    Ita Keighrey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Nurse
    Address
    Portumna, Co. Galway