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   some vessel kept for the buttermilk.
   The throw fresh water into the butter and rinse it and then the salt it and put it in prints.

   

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   We have a churn at home, it is called a dash churn. It is 2½ ft high and 4½ ft wide round the top of the churn. We have it ten years in the house. There are different parts of the churn called under different names. (1) The churn itself is made of wood with several hoops round the top. (2) Then there is the staff, it is a very long piece of wood with a on it, then there is the lid with a round hole in (in) the centre for letting out the top of the staff

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brian Harkin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   James Harkin

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal