School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 08_013

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  1. We keep three cows at home. We milk them every morning and every evening. We separate it every morning and evening. We put the cream into the cream tub and after four or five days we churn it. We have to wash and clean the churn and its parts. We wash and clean the butter and take it to the market and sell it.
    In early ages sometimes butter was taken from people by witchcraft. She used to go to the three bounds water every May morning before the sun would rise and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Peppard
    Gender
    Female