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School: Crossmolina (B.)

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Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 459

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 459

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    about three times a week in summer and twice in winter. Churning is done by hand.
    If a person came into a house smoking a pipe and the inhabitants of the house churning. They would not let the man leave the house until the process of the churning would be finished in fear that he would bring the butter with him.
    If a person went out on the morning of 1st of May before the dew goes off the grass and milk a cow of his neighbour the would have the butter of all the cows of that particular person.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cormac Fox
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Fox
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Crossmolina, Co. Mayo