School: Ballyheaffy (B.), Baile Dubh (roll number 10387)
- Location:
- Ballyeafy, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 154
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- (continued from previous page)week in Winter and twice weekly in Summer. Everyone of the family takes a turn lifting the dash up and down. A dash is composed of a long timber handle and a cross on the bottom of it. If anyone comes in during churning they take a hand. If they would not do it of their own accord they would be asked to do so by the owner becuase in many cases butter could not be made until the visitor was brought back and asked to take a hand at the churning. Churning takes an hour in the cold weather and less in hot weather.
Churning is done by hand. The churn dash is always moved up and down. In a standing churn the butter comes over the lid and in a patent churn you will see it through the galss. IN cold weather hot water is put in while butter is being made. It is then taken by hand(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Brunnock
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doon, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Michael Brunnock
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Doon, Co. Tipperary
