School: Cnoc an Choillín, Cootehall
- Location:
- Knockaculleen or Hollymount, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire Ní Mhártain
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- We have a churn at home. It is one and a half feet high and one foot wide at the top and bottom. The sides are round. It is about one year old. The various parts are called the dash, the handle and the stopper. The churning is made about three times in Summer and once every week in winter. My mother does the churning. When strangers come in they take a hand at the churning. It is said that if a person does not take the churn for a while he will take the butter . Long ago(continues on next page)
