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    Making the churn
    4th. April 1938.
    There are two kinds of Churns a barrel churns, and dash, churns.The churn that is used mostly ,in this locality is the barrel churn. The dash churns is an olden make .The barrel is the quickest for making butter.At least every week the butter is churned .The butter is separated from the buttermil
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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
    Donal O' Brien
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryulk Middle, Co. Clare