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School: Baile Tiobóid (roll number 14016)

Location:
Ballytibbot, Co. Cork
Teachers:
R. de Brún E. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0393, Page 100

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  1. Churning

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    We have two churns at home, one large one, and a small one. The large churn is used in the summer when there is plenty of cream, and the small one in winter when cream is scarce.
    The large churn is capable of making forty or fifty pounds of butter. It is mounted on a wooden stand, three or four feet from the ground.
    The parts of the churn are the staves, which are made of oak, the hoops, the plug, or bung, an air escape a hole about nine inches in diameter for putting in the cream. A gudgeon at each end for the churn to rest on the
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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
    Lizzie Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymacandrick, Co. Cork