School: Killough (roll number 9540)

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1. Churning

   

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   There is a churn in my home and it is about three ft high and it is about one foot at the top and bottom. It is an end over end churn and it is four years old. It consists of four parts namely, the wind-pipe, lid, cork and the screws, There is four bands of iron around the churn. We churn once a week in the Winter and three times a week in the Summer. We all take part in the churning and if any stranger comes in during the churning he or she should help at the churning. If this custom is not observed it is said they person who comes in takes the luck of the butter away. Although this locality is very suitable for butter-making there is no Creamery in this locality. Very little butter is made only what supplies the home. A few farmers have contracts for selling butter and they supply big firms in Mullingar. Some people do not approve of separators they say that the milk that goes through a separator is no good for calves.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)
   2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Murray

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Delvin, Co. Westmeath