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School: Baile Mór Síl Anmchadha (Laurencetown)

Location:
Laurencetown, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cogaidhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0055, Page 0166

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  1. Churning

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    [Drawing]
    This is a sketch of the old fashioned churn. The parts are marked in on it. Anybody that comes into a house while the churning is going on helps at the churning, because it is said if they did not help, it would be suspected that they would take the butter by some mysterious means.
    We have an end over end churn. It is twenty years old. It is the shape of a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Patty Pardy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laurencetown, Co. Galway