School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 427

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  1. Butter is made on every farm in the district. In winter the milk is usually scarce and the churning is done only once a week or sometimes once a fortnight. In summer the milk is plenty and butter is made twice a week. Of late years the old dash churns have been discarded by most people and the barrel churn is common in the homes now-a-days. The people say however that they used to get more butter off the milk when the old type of churn was used.
    When the milk is in
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Waldron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo