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School: Cill Barúin (roll number 10595)

Location:
Kilbarron, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séan C. Ó Ciaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 095

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    Long ago, the farmers did not send their milk to the creamery but the churned it themselves. the better off farmers churned their milk by means of a horse churning machine.
    The churn was kept in the dairy and there was a beam attached to the churn dash, which went out through the wall to the yard. The beam in the yard was then attached to a shaft which the horse pulled while he walked round the churning ring on the yard. The remains of this old churn is still to be seen at our home.
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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
    May Armstrong
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Parkhill, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Armstrong
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Portnason, Co. Donegal