School: Cill Cruain (B)

Location:
Ballyglass South, Co. Galway
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 445

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  1. Almost in every house in my district there is a churn. I have a churn at home and it is many a time I made a churning with it. This churn was made by Thomas Dowd, Glinsk, Ballymoe, Co Galway, and it is nine months old.
    It is about two feet and a half in hight and the bottom and top is about one foot wide. This is a machine churn and some people calls it a head over heel churn. My mother makes a churning about twice a week. There is an old story told about churning and it is this. If you were making a churning and a man to some in and light his pipe and to go out again
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilsallagh, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Kilsallagh, Co. Galway