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School: Gleann Mór

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Attishane, Co. Mayo
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A. de Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 643

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  1. Proverbs

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  2. Churning Long Ago

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    The people would make a churning twice a week in the summer, and once a week in the winter. The churns the people had were different to the churns we have nowadays. The were churns with a dash, and there was a hole in the (in) led of the churn for the dash to go through it. The churns were made by a local cooper. It would take them about a half an hour to make it. They were wide at each end and narrow in the middle.
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