School: Cuinche
- Location:
- Quin, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Gríobhtha
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"Churning"
There is a churn at home made by LLewellin and Bros.it is about fifteen or twenty years old .Butter is made once a week in Winter and twice in Summer.It takes about twenty minutes to make a churn when the cream is heard to 60 .My mother usually makes the churn.If a stranger comes in while the churn is being made it is customary for him to wind it around a few times,because it is said if a stranger comes in while the churn is being made he brings the butter away with especially if he lights his pipe in the house.
many years ago there was a man who had four cows ,but he could not make any butter .One day it happened that he went into a neighbours house ,and he was astonished to find him making a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Clune
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Clune
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Ballymacloon North, Co. Clare
