School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 371
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- (continued from previous page)twenty inches wide at the top and at the bottom. The sides are round. It is about six years old. The various parts of the churn are; the lid, the handle, the cup and the dash. There are no marks on the sides or bottom of the churn. The butter is made twice a week in Summer and once a week in Winter.
My mother does the churning usually. Any strangers who come in help at the churning. It was a custom long ago to help at the churning, as it is said to be lucky to leave the weight of yourself of butter on the churn. The churning takes about half-an-hour.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Christy Newman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Coolnagun, Co. Westmeath
