School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 276
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- The churns used in olden times were called the dash churns. The man who made the churns was called a cooper. He made all dairy implements: churns, dashes, coobs or heelers, butter firkins, butter-dishes, etc. The timber chosen for making churns was either oak or ash as no other kind of timber was counted good enough to hold milk. The churn was shaped somewhat like a barrel only wide at the mouth and about three fee high. The lid of the churn had a round hole in the centre for the handle of the dash to come through. The dash was a square piece of board with holes in it and a long handle. The milk was churned by pulling the dash up and down through the milk until the butter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Aidan Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Kehoe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Drumderry, Co. Wexford
