School: Gurteen, Ballymahon
- Location:
- Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 160
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- I have a churn at home. It is one of the old -fashioned barrel makes. It was made four years ago by a Granard cooper and bought on a fair day on the street of Ballymahon. It is three feet high, two feet wide at the top and two and a half at the bottom. There is a small nick in the top of the churn and another in the lid to show you the exact way to make the lid a proper fit. There are iron hoops on our churn. Butter is made twice each week in Summer and once in Winter. Mother does the churning. If a neighbour comes in he will take the dash for a while. It is believed if a person goes and you churning and doesn't take the dash the milk goes astray and you will be a long time churning before you get butter. If a person passes by and forgets to say "God bless(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Daroge, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Coughlan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Daroge, Co. Longford
