School: Loughmoe (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7594)

Location:
Loughmoe, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Caitlín Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 132

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  3. XML “Fairy Forts”
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  2. The people in olden times used to make all their own butter as there were no Creameries. Very few people make it now a days. They used to make it in churns. There are two kinds of churns. One like a barrel turned on its side on a stand. It was turned by one or two handles according to its size. The other churn was like a milk churn but it was made of wood and instead of turning it the milk was made into butter by beating up and down with a churnclash. A churnclash is like a long stick with a round piece of wood at the end of it. This butter was sold in
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