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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 16_049

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    There are many different kinds of churns. There are barrel churns, end over end churns, and the old fashioned staff churns. I have a barrel churn at home there are two handles in it. There are dashers inside in it for making the butter, there is a stand left on the ground to leave the barrel on it. There are many superstitions about butter-making. When the butter was made in the old fashioned churns there used to be a coal
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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
    Ita Ní Conmara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilcorney, Co. Clare