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School: Firoda (roll number 2788)

Location:
Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 209

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 209

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    “The old fashioned churns were worked with a dash. The man that made them was called...”

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    the Cooper. They were round churns made of wood. The dash was made of wood also with a round head on it. The women used to churn.
    When the women would be churning and if a stranger came in he would be expected to take a hand at it or else he would take the butter. On a May morning the women would go to the well and skim the top of it to get the butter and they would be saying, "all for me all for me."
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    “Captain Wandesford was the landlord. They came with Strafford.”

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    Captain Wandesford was the landlord. They came with Strafford. They were bad in the beginning and they evicted the people
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    “We have a churn. It is on a stand.”

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    We have a churn. It is on a stand. The parts of it are the lid the handle and the stand.
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