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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0699, Page 330

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    In many parts of our country today, there still remains some remnant of the olden days, and these are the old customs of the people.
    I once saw a horse-churn being worked, at a farm house near Kingscourt, and when I asked how long it had been there, I was told it had been there for the last century, since the "good old days" when the country had been ignorant of the power of electricity.
    At first the working of the
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Sherlock
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    George Howell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kingscourt, Co. Cavan