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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 132

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    I have a churn at home. It is a dash-churn. It is two feet high and it is five feet at top and five at bottom. The sides are round. It is seventeen years old. The names for the various parts used for churning are the joggler, the dash, and the lid. There is a mark on the side of the churn to correspond with the lid so that it will be a good fit. In Summer we churn twice each week, but in Winter we only churn once. Strangers who come in help at the work. If a man comes in and lights his pipe and does not take the dash going out he brings all the butter with him. Nobody knew how to churn long ago so
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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
    Joan Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacor, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Miss Mary Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Barnacor, Co. Longford