School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

Location:
Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 12_012

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  1. 9th February, 1938
    Churning
    We have a churn at home. We churn once a week in the Winter and twice a week in the Summer. We keep the cream in a cream tub.
    Long ago the people kept the cream in timber buckets. It was all dash-churns [?] that were used then. They had many old customs about the making of butter. They always put a coal under the churn when they were making the butter. If any-body
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Murray
    Gender
    Male