School: Baile Uí Mhuireadhaigh (roll number 12964)
- Location:
- Baile Uí Mhuirígh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Ghealbháin
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- Churning
We have a churn at home.
It is three feet in height and is a three gallon churn.
The sides are very round.
We will have it a year next month.
In Summer butter is made twice a week but in Winter it is made only once a week.
My mother always does the churning.
Any person who is there while the churning is going on, or if any person comes in during the operation, they always take a hand at the churning because it is said they would bring the butter if they didn't.
When the little lumps of butter come to the top of the milk the churning is com
- Collector
- Maura Gilmartin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Uí Mhuirígh, Co. Ros Comáin
