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School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

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Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0410

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    water in Winter, in order to gather the butter. When the butter comes in the churn, we take it out with butter pats, and put it into a wooden dish to be washed and salted.
    I heard an old story about a woman that had 'a dead man's hand' for making the butter, and there was no end to all the butter she would have.
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  2. Churning

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    We have a churn at home. It is a machine churn. The various parts with the churn are:- the stand, the lid, the handle, and the screws. The churn is worked by hand, and in a rolling motion. It is about two feet in height. At the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caroline Larkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curragh, Co. Galway