School: Sooey (roll number 6249)
- Location:
- Sooey, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Hóráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0179, Page 437
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- (continued from previous page)that three others would soon follow. And this has been noticed to be so, up to the present day. This fact is most noticeable as few people are buried there except the families in the immediate neighbourhood and sometimes no one might be buried there for one year or more.
- Churning
We have not a churn at home, but I have already seen one in my Aunt's. It is of a round shape wider at the bottom than at the top. There are several parts in it such as the churn itself, the lid, the dabbler or the clabian and the dash.
They churn the mild about twice a week in the summer but not so frequently as this in the winter. It is in a rolling motion by means of the hand that it is churned and while this is being done if anyone happens to come into the house it is usual for him to say(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sheila Beirne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonagh, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Beirne
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonagh, Co. Sligo
