School: Camdhoire (roll number 14573)

Location:
Camderrynabinnia, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Ní Dhubhchon
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    week in summer and once a week in winter.
    A man who makes churns is called a cooper. There are different kinds of churns, some are worked with the hands and some worked with the feet. Our churn is about ten years old. There was an old belief that if a stranger came into a house, while a churning was being made, he would be expected to help with the work, and if not the people would be vexed, as they believed that
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Willie Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Camderrynabinnia, Co. Mayo