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School: Monknewton (roll number 9696)

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Monknewtown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0713, Page 506

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    There is very few dash-churns in the district now they are all twisters. Long ago there was nothing but dash churns. When the butter is taken of the churn the buttermilk is used for making bread, and for feeding pigs and calves.
    It is usual for everyone to take a turn of the churning if they are in a house where churning is going on and if they did not no butter would on the churn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Alice Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dowth, Co. Meath