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School: Rooskey (roll number 4800)

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Roosky, Co. Roscommon
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Luke Caslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0257, Page 128

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    Churning
    We have a churn at home. It is an upright churn. It holds 20 gallons of milk. It is 3 feet high and the circumference is a foot and a half. There is a hole in the lid which the dash comes through.
    It was made by a cooper 18 years ago. When we are churning we pull the dash up and down. When it is churned the butter comes on the joggler. The dash comes up a foot and a half over the lid. We churn once a week.
    Florrie Hoare,
    Ruskey,
    Co. Roscommon.
    18th March '38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Florrie Hoare
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roosky, Co. Roscommon