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School: Killuran / Cill Úráin (roll number 14658)

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Killuran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Thomas Mc Inerney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588C, Page 05_015

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    We have a churn at home. It is an end-over end one. We churn once a week in the winter and twice a week in the summer. We keep the cream in a cream tub. The butter is made by putting the cream into the churn and by churning until it is made. The butter is then taken from the churn and washed. It is then salted.
    Long ago, the people kept the cream in timber buckets. It was all dash-churns that were used then. They had many old
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Imelda Murray
    Gender
    Female