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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 206

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    of the churn with the butter spade. You are not to put your hands to the butter. Then you mix the salt through the butter with the butter spade. Then the butter is ready to eat.
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  2. Churning

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    We use a dash churn. It's between two and three feet high. My mother and I churn usually. The longest time we ever have to stay churning is a half hour.
    Its sides are round. The name of some things are. The lid and dash.
    There is a little piece cut out of the side of the churn and out of the lid as well. When the lid is being put on we are supposed to put the slit in the lid opposite the slit in the churn.
    My Mother dashes it up and down. When she
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Bennett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Laois