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School: Killyrann

Location:
Killyran, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Stafford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 285

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  1. Our Farm Animals (continued)

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    When we are calling the calves we say suck, suck. The pigs are kept in a house called the pig-sty and we say muc to them which is an Irish word. We call the young pigs bonnives.
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  2. Churning

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    I have a churn at home and it is three and a half feet high. It is wide at the top and bottom and it goes in narrow in the centre. It is blue in colour and there are hoops of iron round it.
    There are different parts of a churn such as the hoops, the lid and the dash. We churn in it once each week and the churning is done by hand. It tales two people to churn and the dash is moved upwards and downwards.
    It takes us about an hour to churn and in the Winter-time when the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daisy Gault
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killyran, Co. Cavan