School: Cartrún
- Location:
- Cartronavally, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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A Churn.
Every farmer in my district has a churn; She have dash churns and others have barrel churns. I have a dash-churn at home which is abut three feet high. The top is four feet in circumference and two and a half feet in diameter. The sides are long and round. It is about twelve years old and consists of various parts known as peck, staves and hoops. The peck and saves are made of timber of ash and the hoops are made from iron.
The churn is always(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Beirne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Timpaun, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- John Keaveny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Cornagee, Co. Ros Comáin
