School: Moynalvey (roll number 7567)
- Location:
- Moynalvy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Bridget M. Kelly
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- We have a churn at home which is about two feet wide, top and bottom. It is a barrel churn, and is four feet in height. It is on a stand, which is about three feet high. The various parts are - the handle, lid, and stand.
My mother does the churning, twice a week in Summer, and once a week in Winter. It takes a quarter of an hour to do it. My father often helps with it. In Summer the milk is plentiful; that is why the churning is done twice a week. In Winter the cream is not plentiful and the churning is done only once a week. When a stranger comes into the house he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Comey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Comey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrypatrick, Co. Meath
