School: Tappa (roll number 10451)
- Location:
- Tetoppa, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ó Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0953, Page 071
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- First they gathered the milk in crocks, when it was ready they put it into a churn While they were churning they put boiling water in it. The people churned by hand. When they were finished they gathered it with a butter vessel. Then they put salt in it and fixed it in paperes prepared for it.
- On Good Friday the old people used eat oaten meal bread potato bread and lent broth and also fish Oaten bread is first of all(continues on next page)
