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School: Clochar na Trocaire

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Tuam, Co. Galway
Teacher:
an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0027, Page 0100

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    The people long-ago used firkens to take the butter to the market or to store it up for the winter. Sometimes in a bog people find wooden vessels of butter buried. They give them to Dr. Costello of Tuam and he sends them to the Museum in Dublin.
    Maureen O'Keeffe
    Old Road.
    Tuam.
    I got this from my mother -
    Mrs. O'Keeffe
    Old Road.
    Tuam.
    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
    Maureen O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs O' Keeffe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tuam, Co. Galway