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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   hard and cold it would keep it down To keep a swelled under a waterfall would put it down.

   For a soar throat hot salt is a great cure.

   

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2. Churning

   

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   We have a churn at home. It is a mashine churn. It is a seven gallon churn. It is about eight inches wide at the bottom and a foot and a half at the top. The sides are round There are diffrent parts in a churn The lid the dash and the handle. It is about twenty five years old There is a hole in the centre of the churn for the handle to go through The dash is a square piece of wood shaped like a window. The dash is moved up and down when churning. We know when it is churned small grains of butter would appear on the lid.

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   Ethel Mullarkey

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