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School: Bredagh Glen (roll number 14635)

Location:
Bredagh Glen, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 176

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    We do our churning every week on Friday. Anybody that comes in when we are churning helps us. Our churn is about three feet or three and a half feet in height. It is about four feet round the bottom and about four and a half feet round the top. It takes an hour to churn and then the butter is taken off. We get about three pounds of butter every time we churn. There are five hoops of iron round the churn. The churn staff is about five feet high, and it is heavy. The churn is made of oak and it is strong.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Conchobhar Ó Catháin
    Gender
    Male