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School: An Talamh Bán

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Tallavbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137, Page 130

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  1. The Churn

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    The churn is made of timber. It consists of two parts the body and the cap. The body is eighteen inches wide and the cap is fourteen inches wide. It is very useful because no one can make butter without a churn. The are two kinds of churns a machine churn and a dash churn. Some people say the machine churn is the easiest to churn with. If a person would come into a house in which a churning was making he would take the churn dash and go churning for about a minute for fear he would bring the butter. Long ago the people used to put a hazel rod around the churn before the sun would rise May morning to
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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
    Séamus de Búrca
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Tomás de Búrca
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Uggool, Co. Mayo