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School: Ryefield

Location:
Ryefield, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ida Carnew
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 399

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    Our churn is 4 1/2 feet high. It is twenty years old. Butter is made twice in the week during the Winter, and four of five times in the Summer. Sometimes we have two churnings in the day.
    When any neighbours come into the house during churning time they always take the churn because they believe that there will be no butter in it if they do not take it. There is a little window on the top of the churn and when this is clear the butter is made. Then it is salted and made into
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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
    Vida Strong
    Gender
    Female