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School: Ballyglass (roll number 14642)

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Ballyglass West, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0036D, Page 06_024

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  1. On Churning (continued)

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    churns that used to be used long ago. All the churns that are used now and the churns used long ago were made of wood.
    In this district the people make butter once a week in Winter and twice a week in Summer.
    The c woman of the house churns and whenever a neighbour or any stranger comes into the house she makes them help her to churn because the old people long ago thought that if anyone came in to the house when they were churning that they could bring the butter on them and some of the old people have some of those false ideas
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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
    Maureen Dooley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moneen East, Co. Galway