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School: Díseart, Droichead Átha (roll number 1434)

Location:
An Díseart, Co. Lú
Teacher:
M. Ní Ailpín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 024

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    band, so as to keep the milk from coming out, and there are clasps on the top of the churn, and when the lid is put on, these clasps keep it tight. It takes a quarter of an hour to churn. When the butter is not gathering hot water is poured [?]
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  2. Churning

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    Our churn is about 3 ft - 4 ins high and 2 ins broad. It is about seven years old, and the name of the churn is Daisy no 4. It is a barrel churn and it can be worked by hand or foot. We churn three times in Summer and twice in Winter.
    It takes about ten minutes to churn
    There is a little glass on the lid
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha
        1. talmhaíocht (~2,659)
          1. im agus cuigne (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Detta Campbell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ráth Droma Nao, Co. Lú