School: Clashaganny (roll number 8051)
- Location:
- Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Albert Flanagan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 235
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- (continued from previous page)considered by the people an exceptionally brilliant man more so than the old Arennan. He was not a native of this district and I have heard it said that he had a brother a teacher also who had the distinction of teaching Charles Kickam in his early days in his native Mullinahone.
- On churning
I have a churn at home the width of the top and bottom of it is sixteen inches each. The sides of it are round. The name that is on our churn is 'A machine churn? There are many names of churns, dash churns and barrel churns and many more Our churn is eighteen years old. It takes about a half an hour sometimes to churn. Hot water makes it easy to churn in the Winter. The butter comes up the dash when it is churned then you would have to keep stirring it over and back for a few minutes till it gathers. The dash is taken out and the butter is removed by a tin strainer or by a wooden mug. Firkin butter takes the most salt.
Many are the superstitions about churning this is one of them Id a man came in to light his pipe the woman of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Teresa Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon
