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School: An Currach Mór (roll number 7707)

Location:
Curragh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Hubáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 330

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    In our house we have a dash churn. We once had a wheel churn. the wheel is worked on a little axle on the inside and twisted with a handle from the outside. The little iron axle was destroying the milk, so that we had to get back to the old dash churn again. There is also a barrel churn next best to the dash churn.
    It is twisted by a handle on the outside. In my home we churn twice a week in Summer and once
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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
    Aileen Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curragh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Darby Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curragh More, Co. Galway