School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

Location:
Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0335

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    with them. Nearly all churning in our district is hand churning
    Some people would churn in 20 minutes or it would take some people an hour.
    There are different kinds of churn's.
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  2. We have a churn at home. There are a lot of kinds of churns sash churns and mashine churns
    There are two kinds of mashine churns the big mashine churn is a little barrel with a handle on the side there is a stand on it and it turns up side down when you would be churning and a bit of glass in one side the way you would know when the cream would be churned. A small mashine churn has two
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Johanna Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toorleitra, Co. Galway