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School: Oram (roll number 8496)

Location:
Oram, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. McMahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0942, Page 383

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    We have a churn at home. We churn once a week in the Winter - time and twice or three times a week in Summer - time. The churn we have at home is a dash churn. It is about three and a half feet high, and it is about two feet wide at the bottom and about two and a half feet wide at the top.
    My Mother and my sister churn. The dash goes up and down while it is been done. There is a mark on the top of the churn and you have to slope the lid of the churn towards the mark. It takes one
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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
    Kathleen Woods
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oram, Co. Monaghan