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School: Allenwood

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Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 176

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    We have a churn at home. It is a dash churn. The width of it is about two feet. The height of it is about three feet and a half. The dash is worked up and down. When the dash is clean the butter is made. The buttermilk is used for making bread and for giving to pigs.
    Long ago if the butter would not come the person who was churning would get the trace of a plough and chain it around the churn. Then he would
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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
    Patrick Dowling
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Allenwood Middle, Co. Kildare