School: Sráid na Cille, Cathair Dhún Iascaigh (roll number 15184)

Location:
Caher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Déoirín Ní Ragháil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0570, Page 108

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  1. We had a churn some years ago and it churned one pound of butter. There are some churns which are like a barrel on a stand and a handle on it and one turns it right round. Another churn is barrel shaped and has a dash which one lifts up and down like this ;

    There is another kind of churn and there is a handle on it which one turns around.
    If milk is put in the churn it takes about an hour to churn the milk, but if cream is put
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ken Livingstone
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caher, Co. Tipperary