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School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 10_003

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    The latter end of the cows is called strippings. It is put into a crock morning and evening for a week. Then it is taken out of the crock and put into the churn and churned. When people churn the milk they pour hot water into the churn. Long ago we had the old make of churns but nowadays we have the new make of churns. The old churns is about three three feet high. The dash of the old make of churns is about 4 1/2 feet long with a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Mulligan
    Other names
    Bernard Mulligan
    Bernie (local name)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon