School: Carnaross, Kells (roll number 3852)

Location:
Carnaross, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 074

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0705, Page 074

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  1. In Winter people only churn once or twice a week, because in Winter the weather is cold and it is hard to make milk sour. In Summer people can churn twice a week, because the weather is warm and it is easy to make milk sour.
    If a person is churning and a person to go in and light a fag he will take the butter from the churn except he takes a hand at the churning. If a person is churning and another person to have a wish the butter would go on to another churn.
    There are different kinds of churns, such as dash churns an' end over end churns. When a person is churning
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
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