School: Seefin (B. & C.) (roll number 12874)

Location:
Seefin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James P. Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096G, Page 02_026

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  1. We have a churn at home. The height of our churn is two feet and a half. It is one foot six inches wide in the bottom and it is one foot on the top. It is nearly twelve years ago Mr Cleary Prospect made it. The Irish word for a churndash is loinithe. We make a churning twice every week. My mother makes the churning. When a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Cunningham
    Gender
    Male