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School: Baile an Doire (roll number 15156)

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Ballinderry, Co. Roscommon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 264

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 264

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  2. Churning

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    We have a churn at home and it is about three and a half feet in Height. Its diameter is about two feet at the bottom and about one and a half at the top.
    Butter is made about two or three times a week in Summer and about once a week in Winter. The churning is done by the woman of the house. If strangers come in they help at the churning for a few minutes. It is said that if they don't they will bring the butter with them. Churning does
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