School: Creenkill, Johnstown (roll number 2137)
- Location:
- Críonchoill Mhór, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Chathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 152
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- (continued from previous page)for three nights in succession. He thought that there was a crock of gold under a stone in a rath in Coolcashin.
He began to dig under a bush, that was in the rath and after he had the third dream, After some time he came to a huge rock or flag.
He was a very long time digging, and at last he removed the flag, and under it he found a box with a half sovereign in it.
- Our churn is four feet high and about two feet wide at the top and bottom. The sides of it are round. It is twenty years old. The parts are the lid, the wheel and the handle. There is no mark on the bottom nor sides.
Butter is made once a week in Winter and twice a week in Summer. My mother makes the butter. When people come in they help at the work.
The churn is made by the hand and turned round in a ring. When the butter is made, the glass becomes clear. Warm water is put in to the churn in the Winter and cold in the Summer.
The butter is washed with cold water. Then it is lifted out with butter bats. Three drops of holy(continues on next page) - Collector
- Margaret Bowe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Críonchoill Bheag, Co. Chill Chainnigh
