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School: Croisín (Crusheen) (B. & C.)

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Crusheen, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Bruaideadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0593B, Page 05_012

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    The Churn 10-3- '38.
    We have one of the old churns at home .I know when the churn is made,when the butter comes up to the top of the churn.The churn is making about twenty
    minutes ,or a half an hour.My mother that makes the churn at home .The parts of the churn are the staff,the lid and the cup.The staff is a long handle with the part which goes down in the churn holed for the purpose of manufacturing the butter the butter .The cup of the churn is used on top of the lid to keep down the cream.The churn is made twice a week 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
    Beití Ní Chlúmhain
    Gender
    Female