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School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 09_014

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  1. The Churn

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    We have a churn at home, it is about 4 years old. It is about 23 inches high, it is about 15 ins on the top and 20ins on the bottom. The various parts of the churn are the causin the churn dash the lid and the Clairin.
    If people have plenty of milk they churn once a week winter and summer.
    Every one in the house does the churning. If a stranger comes in when you are churning they churn before they go out. If they go out without churning the people would say that they would have their butter with them.
    The churning takes a half an hour or an hour to make it. The churning
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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
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male