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School: Cnoc an Chuilinn, An Ráth Mhór (roll number 9871)

Location:
Caherbarnagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Nóra, Bean Uí Dhuinnín
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    carefully preserved in the locked drawer of the cupboard till the end of the year, when the man and woman of the house took them to Cork to "settle with" the merchant. Pigs' heads, crubeens, a firkin of sprats, and maybe a firkin of white flour were brought home as rarities for Christmas. Many humorous tales abound in every townland about the adventures of these simple farmers in the big city of Cork. These housekeepers kept accounts in their heads of their "pottles" of butter, and
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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
    Seán O Duinín
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Hollymount, Co. Cork