School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr M. Peadar
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- In olden days before the advent of the creamery system, butter was made on a large scale at the farmer's house. In some districts they had a long narrow churn with an opening on the lid, where a long stick with a cross on the end was raised up and down. When the cream would be in the churn the person would keep shaking it up and down until the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs R. Deady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary