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School: Ring, Dalahasey (roll number 9111)

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Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
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M. Ní Reachtaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0783, Page 48

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    In every district in Ireland two days are kept for churning and washing. As the grazing of cattle is in every locality in Ireland. And therefore live stock is kept cows sheep and horses. From the cows is got milk is made the "Golden butter" we see. The process by which is churning. The are various kinds of churns - Machine churn, Barrel churn, and old Dash churn.
    The old dash churn is seldom used but they are kept in the houses for a keep sake. The churn that is used in my house for churning is 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
    Joseph Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Dermotstown, Co. Dublin