School: Cill Thiomáin, Durrus, Bantry (roll number 15989)
- Location:
- Kilcomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Mhathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0288, Page 084
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- (continued from previous page)and when she would be making her next churn she was to put one of the lumps into it and when she would be making her other churn to put the second lump into it and when she would be [?]making her third churn to put the third lump into it.
She did so and she had to go for her husband that was working in the field to come in and turn the churn it was so filled with butter.
- Long ago there was a man by the name of Bryan Costigan. This man kept an extensive dairy an a great many milch cows, and every year made considerable sums by the sale of milk and butter.
Bryan's cows were the finest and most productive in the country, and his milk and butter the richest and sweetest, and brought the highest price at every market at which he offered these articles for sale.
Things continued to go on thus prosperously with Bryan Costigan, when, one season, all at once, he found his cattle declining in appearance, and his dairy almost entirely profitless. Bryan at first, though it was the [?]weather or some such cause. The cows without any visible disorder, daily declined, and were scarcely able to(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridie Kennedy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lissacaha, Co. Cork
