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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 359

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    About 50 years ago there was a churn in our house; it was very very old. On the right side there was a sort of picture, showing a stranger coming in "who did not take a dreas" and then it showed how, after that, no butter could be got.
    On the left side, it showed the stranger coming back again; the woman of the house was churning; the stranger took the dash this time and twice the usual amount of butter came on, in 5 minutes.
    Only 2 people did the churning, a man and a woman. If 2 men did it, the butter would decay in 1 day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Lauder
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    George Lauder
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim