School: Mionloch (C) (roll number 8800)

Location:
Menlough, Co. Galway
Teachers:
Bean Uí Oisín Bean Uí Dhubhagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 127

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  1. We have a churn at home. It is a dash churn. It is about 2 ¾ ft in height and it is about 2 ft in breadth at the bottom and it is about 1 ½ ft at the top.
    It was made 4 years ago in a mill in Mount Bellew. The various parts of the churn are - the dash, lid and cup.
    Churning is done three times weekly in Summer and twice weekly in Winter. My sister always does the churning. If strangers come in while the churning is being made they always take a hand at the churn because
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Chrissy Mannion
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56