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   churn. Long ago people never made prints of their butter. They put it in small bowls or other glass dishes for butter, which had a lid on them for keeping the butter safe from dust or flies.

   

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   We have a churn at home it is called a barrel churn. The neighbours have staff churns. It is a round barrel and stand on four legs. It measures four feet high. It takes a half an hour to churn. The people churn three times in summer and twice in winter. There is a little glass top on the lid of our churn and you know the milk is churned when the butter shows on this

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Frances Mc Nulty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Grace Mc Nulty

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   47

   Address

   Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal