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School: Lanesboro (roll number 13320)

Location:
Lanesborough, Co. Longford
Teacher:
E. Ó Reachtagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0753, Page 134

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    I have a churn at home. It is three feet high. It is eighteen inches wide at the top and twenty two inches wide at the bottom. The churns are round. The churn I have at home is two years old. The parts of the churn are the dash, Joggler, lid, and Butter Spades. There is a mark on the churn to put on the lid straight. Butter is made every week in Winter and it is made twice a week in the Summer. The person who is house keeping does the churning. Strangers come in during the churning to help them churn and then will get some butter. It takes a half an hour to churn. The dash churn is done with the hand and the turn
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jeanette Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Ned Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Lanesborough, Co. Longford