School: Lubhghortán (Lowertown), Scoil Mhuire (roll number 4172)

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   wound up the ball again, the man kept the end caught until he was quite near her. Then she confessed that it was she who had being taking his butter all along and in payment she gave him tow of her cows.

   

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2. Churning

   

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   The churn used in olden times was very different from that used at the present day. It stood on the ground and was shaped like a creamery can, but was made of timber with a hoop around it. There was a hole in the cover, and a timber stick was stuck down through this hole. This was worked up and down to churn the butter. What the butter was made, it was washed, and salted, and if

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary P. O Mahony

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Seafort, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Jeremiah Hegarty

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   78

   Address

   Lowertown, Co. Cork