1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Fothar

School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 65

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 65

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Fothar
  2. XML Page 65
  3. XML “An Chuigeann”
  4. XML “An Chuigeann”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. An Chuigeann (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    top.
    There is a cork in our churn and that is where the butter-milk comes out. When the milk is all out the people rinse the butter and then put salt in it and puts it in prints. Some of the butter is sold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. An Chuigeann

    Share Share Post
    We have a churn at home it is called a barrel-churn. It is a round barrel standing on four legs. There is a lid on the top of the barrel and a small piece of glass in the centre of the lid. The barrel measures two feet in height and the legs are three and a half feet high. Our churn
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Mac Nulty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    G. Mac Nulty
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    47
    Address
    Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal