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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 272

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    Churning
    We have a churn at home and it is three years old. When it was bought it (?) a pound. It is two feet in height and it is eighteen inches wide at the bottom and fourteen at the top. The different parts are called the dash and the lid and the caisín.
    There is a mark on the top of the churn and the side of the lid in order to fit the churn right. The butter is generally made twice a week in summer and once a week in winter. When the
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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
    Nora Ronan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Pat Ronan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownlough, Co. Mayo