School: Ceis (roll number 15342)
- Location:
- Kesh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Hainín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0186, Page 352
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- (continued from previous page)on to the churn. It is kept on working until you can see the butter formed in little grains on the glass that is placed in the lid. The lid is also put on by means of four screws.It was made by Waid and Sons Ltd., Leeds, England.When people churned the milk in olden times they thought it unlucky to lend any of their property while churning. They thought that there would gather no butter on the milk ; at the start of the Summer season's churning their luck would be all given away.
- Butter is obtained from milk by churning. The sort of a churn that is used in my house is called a barrel churn. The wood-work is painted green(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Benson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cross, Co. Sligo
