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School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 108

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    We have a churn at home. It is called the "end-over end". The churn is two feet high. And the frame is three feet high. It is three feet wide in the bottom and top. The parts of our churn at the frame and the barrel. Butter is made twice a week in summer. And butter is made once a week in winter. The people of the house that make the churning. It was a custom long ago, if a visitor would come in whilst the churning was being made he would have to give a helping hand. Because it is said that he would bring the butter. It takes about a half an hour to make a churning. The people make the churning with their
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jarlath Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cossallagh, Co. Mayo