School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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- We have three cows and they supply us with milk the whole year around. We name them according to their appearance: heifer, red cow, and strawberry cow. We tie our cows with chains which are called tyings.
- We use a machine churn. It's shape is round with an oblong lid, a sash which is twisted round by a handle outside. We churn twice a week in Summer and once a week in Winter.We be making the churning for a half hour. If a person comes into a house while a churning is been made and if he does not take a while of the churn, it is said he will(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Lynn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs A. Lynn
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo