School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 06_051
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- (continued from previous page)the butter with her hands. She forms the butter into a three cornered lumo called a mioscán by striking it against the side sof the dish. This helps to take the water away. The butter is flattened down and it is salted. The woman reformed in in to a mioscán or prints.
She cleans the lid with a cloth and lifts out the churn dash and makes the Sign of the Cross on the churn, and forms a ring in the air around it. The churn is finish(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Máirtín Caoigín Ó hOistín
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Ted Hastings
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
