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School: Mount Plunkett (roll number 8096)

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Mountplunkett, Co. Roscommon
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Bríd Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 125

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0265, Page 125

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    Buttermilk is used for making bread, taking out stains out of clothes or eggs, and people very often wash their faces in butter-milk to get a good complexion. Buttermilk is used for colds. Buttermilk is never given away on May day.
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  2. Churning

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    The first buttermilk is never given away after the cow calves. The more 'beestance' that's given away after the cow calves, the more milk the cow will have. It is an old custom to tie a red rag on the cow's tail after calving to ensure that she would have plenty of butter. If you splash the milk on the lid of the churn when churning it is said you will get a drunkard for a husband.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English

  3. Names of Fields

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    The following names of fields but nobody knows any history about them:-

    Cluain na Raituighe
    Cor
    Cualan
    Tobarasal Garabhuidhe
    Garabán
    Pairc na Muilg
    Gort Muiris
    All these are in Lismagroom

    The following is the names of fields around Kncokcroghery
    Máinín
    Scailp
    Suide Finn
    Cruacáin
    Pauleen-ding-dong
    Cruachain Ruad
    "Scraith Liath"
    Lushnagh
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