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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 08_025

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  1. A Churning

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    We have a churn home. It is a dash churn. It is two feet six inches high. It is one foot six inches wide in the bottom and it is one foot three inches wide in the top. The Irish name for the churn dash is Loinithe. We make a churning twice every week in summer and once a week in winter. My mother makes the churning. If a stranger comes in
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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
    Patrick Joyce
    Gender
    Male