School: Loch an Toirc (roll number 9584)

Location:
Loughatorick South, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0330

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0330

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  1. We have a churn at home it is about 3 feet high 2 feet wide an top an 4 feet wide on the bottom there are round sides to it it is about eight years old the various parts are called the dash the cup and the lid. The churning is done by hand the churn dash is always going upwards and downwards strangers who come in to the house take the luck of the churning if they dident. It is about a hour with a big churn and with a wheel churn it takes a half an hour how the people knows when the butter is made.
    The cream cracks and butter comes on the sides of the churn and of top of the milk.
    about when it has churned they put water in to the churn and watch the sign of the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Áine Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Loughatorick North, Co. Galway