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School: Dennmore

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Dennmore or Legganden, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Harriet Heaslip
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 170

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    A firkin was a wooden vessel made of ash. It was about the size of a soda barrel. There was a wooden lid attached to it. It was used long ago by the people for bringing butter to the market. It used to hold seventy five pounds of butter and the people used to get three or four pounds for it. They were made by coppers and were all in latts put together with sally hoops.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. residential buildings (~2,723)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Heaslip
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moher, Co. Cavan