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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 03_066

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    Our churn is 20 years old. It is two feet high. The circumference at the top is 45 inches and the circumference at the bottom is 63 inches.
    There is a lid on it with a hole in the middle of it so that the churn-dash can go through it when we are churning.
    My mother gathers the cream in a pan-crock. When it is thick she puts it into 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
    Annie M. Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo