School: Shanakill, Roscrea
- Location:
- Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 186
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Churning (continued)
“If you churn on Easter Sunday you churn in about 15 minutes...”
(continued from previous page)in about 15 minutes. If you churned on Good Friday the butter wouldn't make.
They milk the cow in the morning and put it in tubs. When they are going to milk in the evening they skim off the morning's cream and put it in the cream tub. They give the skim milk to the pigs and calves.
Food in Olden Times
“Only two meals a day were eaten in olden times, the breakfast and tea...”
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- Bridie Maher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skehanagh, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Maher
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skehanagh, Co. Tipperary