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School: An Gleanntán, Lombardstown

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Glantane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Colmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0363, Page 029

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    no milk or water was left in it.
    It was the belief of people in some parts of the country that bad-minded people used to steal the butter by means of "pishogues".
    Lombardstown Creamery was established fifty years ago. From the first, nearly every farmer in the surrounding district sent his milk to the Creamery, and very few people in the district except our grandfathers and grandmothers ever saw butter made at home.
    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
    J. Healy
    Address
    Lombardstown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Healy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Lombardstown, Co. Cork