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School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 22_047

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    People in the country made their own butter by means of a churn. They put the cream into the churn. There is a handle or staff in it about five or six feet in height. Then they moved the handle up and down until the butter is hard.
    The poor people made butter another way; by the means of a gallon. They put the cream into the gallon and put the cover on it. Then they shake it hither and over until the cream was hard.
    When a person is churning butter in a house and if a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán M. Ó Murchadha
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mr John Joseph Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greenville, Co. Kerry