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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

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Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 09_012

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    We have a very old churn at home. It is a barrel churn. We do not make any butter now. We send the milk to the creamery. To make butter you must take the cream from the top of the milk, and put it into the churn and twist it until it is made. An old saying is that if a man comes in and takes a coal out of the fire, it is a sign that the fairies would take the butter. When it is made, it is put into pans, and the milk that is left over is called butter milk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    John Mac Mahon
    Gender
    Male