School: Killyconnan (B.)
- Location:
- Killyconnan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 104
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- (continued from previous page)or butter making. The buttermilk is used for making bread and for other purposes as well.
- We have a churn at home. It is about three and a half feet in height. The churn is about two feet in width at the top and about two and a half feet in width at the bottom. The sides of it are round. It is about five years old. The parts of the churn are, the lagan, the crib and the lid. There is no mark on the side or bottom of the churn. Butter is made three times each week in summer and once a week in winter. In summer the churning is done by a horse and a churning machine and in winter it is done by hand(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerry Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr Bernard Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Feaugh, Co. Cavan
