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School: Corraslira

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Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 045

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    Churning
    I have a churn at home. It is three feet in height. It is two feet wide at the bottom, at the is two feet and a half. Our churn is one year old. The sides of the churn are round the are six hoops on the churn in order to keep in place, there is a mark on the side of the churn and on the lid.
    The various parts of the churn are the dash, joggler, buttercup. Butter is made once a week in winter and every second day in summer. My mother does the churning. Long ago if a man came in to the house where they would be churning and took a coal he would bring the luck of the churning. The churning is done by hand. The dash is moved upwards and downwards. It takes about an hour to
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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
    Celia Holmes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annaghbeg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pat Caslin
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annaghbeg, Co. Roscommon