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School: Killallon (roll number 5207)

Location:
Boherard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 409

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    Churning
    There is a dash churn in our house. It is three feet in height. The width of it is two feet at the bottom and one and a half at the top. The sides of it are round. It is about twenty years old. The butter is made once a week in winter and twice a week in Summer. When strangers come in and churning going on they always give a hand because it is said that they will bring all the butter out of the churn. They say "God bless the cow. The churning takes about a half an hour. The churning is done by hand and the dash is moved up and down. The butter comes up on the when it is made. There is
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phil Smyth
    Address
    Dunnagorran, Co. Meath