School: Ballybay (C.) (roll number 1345)
- Location:
- Cornaseer, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhghaill
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- (continued from previous page)to lay eggs for the house purposes, to sell, and to hatch and bring out young chickens and the year after they will be able to lay more eggs. She has geese and turkeys to lay eggs and hatch to bring out young ones.
- We have a churn at home. It is about five years old. The principal parts are the dash, the lid, and the handle. The woman of the house that usually churns. If say a stranger came when she would be churning they should take the churn for a while; old people say it is not right without taking it. We churn twice a week in Winter and Summer. It takes about an hour to churn in Winter and about three quarters in Summer.
In Winter it is harder to churn; some people put hot water into the churn.- Collector
- Marget Donnelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corraclogh, Co. Roscommon