School: Ridge, Leighlin
- Location:
- An Droim, Co. Cheatharlach
- Teacher: Bean Uí Airtnéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0907, Page 230
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- We have a dash churn at home. It is about four feet high and two feet wide on top and three feet on the bottom. We churn the cream once a week. We have forty pounds of butter weekly since Spring came in. We get one shilling and sixpence per pound for it in Carlow.It takes about an hour and a half to churn in Summer and two hours in Winter. We use the butter milk for wetting bread and it is a great cure for indigestion also(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Brennan
- Gender
- Male
