School: Ceannanus Mór, Scoil na mBráthar
- Location:
- Kells, Co. Meath
- Teacher: An Br. M.L. Ó Séaghdha
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- (continued from previous page)required some time before butter could be formed. It is still in use in parts of the country. Another kind of churn which succeeded this is know as the "barrel" churn mounted on a frame and turned over on its longer axis by a handle. There are also variations of this make, where "beaters" are inside and the barrel remains rigid. Large churns with "beaters" attached and driven by horse-power have been used in many farmhouses, the motive power being adapted from the machinery of the old threshing mills.
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- Collector
- Tommy Olohan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farrell Street, Co. Meath
- Informant
- John Olohan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47