School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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  1. My churn is twenty eight inches long, thirty inches high and twenty six inches wide. There is a timber cover on it, and a timber beater inside in it. There is also a handle in it, and a timber cover in it. It is able to contain about seven gallons of cream, and it can make about twenty pounds of butter. It is of a white colour. It is about ten years old. When it was bought at first it cost one pound and five shillings.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádruig Ó Níalláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Moheramoylan, Co. Clare