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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh

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Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
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An tSr. Seanán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0535, Page 094

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    Mrs. John Meagher, Ashe Road (Cudville), Nenagh has a churn. It is only a four gallon churn. It is seventeen inches tall and it is fifty six inches wide at top and bottom. It is three years old. The various parts of the churn are:- the churn itself, the beaters, the lid, and the handle. There is no mark on the side of it. Sides are round.
    Butter is made once a week in Winter and twice in Summer.
    Strangers who come into the house while the churning is being done always help at the work, so that they will not get a look at the butter or steal it.
    Sometimes the churning takes about two hours in Summer and it takes
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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
    Maura Mac Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Cudville, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs J. Meaher
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    33
    Occupation
    Shopkeeper
    Address
    Cudville, Co. Tipperary