School: Killea (roll number 3219)
- Location:
- Killea, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Coilín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0195, Page 232
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- (continued from previous page)through the centre of each of them. One of them is then put on the wire and driven up to within four inches of the hook and a spool (C) is driven up behind it. At point (H) just below the spool the wire is bent and it is benta gain at point (F). The distance between point (A) and point (F) being about six inches.Then stick (A) is put on the end of the wire and washer (E) is put on the wire behind stick (A) to keep it in a fixed place.
- Beastings
When a cow calves the first milk which she gives is not used as milk is generaly used but beastings is made from it. Beastings is made in the following way. In the morning the milk is taken from the cow and some time during the day the beastings is made. The milk is poured into a pot or sometimes into a saucepan and it is put on the fire where it is alowed to boil. When it is(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Mc Gourty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs M. Mc Gourty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim
