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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0224

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    Churning is carried out in nearly all the Farmer's houses around my home district. Churning is very useful as creamery butter is very dare and the farmers do not like it as it is not salty.
    We have a churn at home but we do not use it now. It is a machine churn. There are three kinds of churns, "machine", "dash", and "glass". The machine is a round one with an opening at the top covered with a lid. Inside there are wooden wings like the propeller of an aeroplane. On the outside there is a hand and when twisted it drives the wings and with the force of the wings beating against it, the milk gets sour and after sometime the butter forms on top.
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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
    Patsy Noone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcolgan, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs. K. Stanton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    57
    Address
    Kilcolgan, Co. Galway