School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)
- Location:
- Mullen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: B. Mac Siúrtáin
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- We have a machine churn at home. It is one foot six inches in height and its circumference is five feet. There are two hoops on it, one on each side. The sides are round. It is worked by hand.
We churn once every week. When the cows are milked in the morning the milk is strained into a crock, and the following evening my mother skims the milk into another crock.
After a week the cream is churned. We know it is churned when we see a little butter on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gretta Owens
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullen, Co. Roscommon
