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School: Cúl Seachtaine

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Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
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Caitlín Nic Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0259, Page 051

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    Churning
    My mother does the churning usually and if she churns on Saturday we help her.
    If strangers come in during churning they take the dash and churn for a few minutes. It is an old saying that the person might take the butter. You should never bring a coal out in a pipe while a person is churning because you might bring the butter out of the churn.
    The churning takes a half hour at least. The dash in our churn is moved up
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Gavigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs J. Gavigan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Coolshaghtena, Co. Roscommon