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School: Sriantaigh (roll number 8015)

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Sreenty, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Mac Aodha Bhuí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0934, Page 180

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    Most people churn with the dash churn. There are several kinds of churns, end over end churn, dash churn and spring churn. All the churning in the country is done by hand.
    We have a churn at home. It is tall and it is three and a half feet in height. It is two feet and a half in width. It is round. The parts of a churn are the lid, the rollars and the churn itself. It is twenty-three years of age and is good yet. It is made of oak. A man that makes churns is called a cooper.
    In the winter the butter is scarce with most people, but in the Summer time butter is plentiful. In the summer time the people churn two
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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
    Tom Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cargaghmore, Co. Monaghan