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School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)

Location:
Mullen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
B. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 028

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 028

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    the top of the milk. We put water into the churn to gather the butter.
    When the butter is made my mother takes it up into a dish and salts it. Then she makes it into a roll.
    The buttermilk is used for making bread. It takes us about a half an hour too churn.
    If a person comes into the house while we are churning he says "God bless the work", and churns for a little while before he leaves the house.
    It is said if a person brings a lighted coal out of a house while the people are churning
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    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
    Gretta Owens
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon