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School: Tibohine (roll number 15544)

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Tibohine, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0243, Page 256

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    top as there was no lid used if too much brime was allowed to rest on the bottom it would ruin the bottom of the butter and leave it unsalable as the butter buyers opened all the firkins by removing the hoops before they made the price and this is where the dairy maid learned that cleanliness was the technical point of success.
    (1) My Father - Thomas Mahon
    (2) Ratra, Frenchpark, Co Roscommon
    (3) A Farmer
    (4) In Ratra
    (5) Seán Kelly (Bán)
    (6) Fifty years ago
    (7) Sixty years
    (8) Rathkeery
    (9) 28. 7. 38
    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
    Bernadette Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Mahon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ratra, Co. Roscommon