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School: Finea (roll number 10599)

Location:
Finnea, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Kathleen Hackett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 115

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    There is a churn in every farmhouse almost and in every well work-mens house. The old fashioned churn stans abut about 3ft x 6ft from the bottom to the top and then measuring about 2ft x 6ins across the top and the same at the bottom but they are not so wide in the centre as it tampers into what is known as the chime this is the narrow part of the churn and where the top and bottom part are joined together. The bottom
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lucy Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Williamstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Francis Hackett
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Finnea, Co. Westmeath