School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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- (continued from previous page)It is beaten and salted and if there are any hairs or dirt in the butter it is taken out. Then it is put into butter bowls. The butter milk is given to the pigs and calves.
- Shrove Tuesday is noted for marriages. Marriages are forbidden in Lent and Advent. Chalk Saturday is the first Saturday in Lent. People throw salt and chalk on the old maids on "chalk Saturday" to keep them fresh for another year. Saturday(continues on next page)