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School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 509

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    In every house where there are a lot of cows there is sure to be a churn.
    There are different kinds of churns such as a dash churn a barrel churn and an end over end churn.
    The most important thing thing you have to do is to keep the churn clean and if you do not keep it clean the butter will not be nice.
    The way to make butter is to keep the cream and let it thicken and then put it into the
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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
    Rita Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Street, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39