School: Rush Hall, Mountrath (roll number 12231)
- Location:
- Rush Hall, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 242
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- Churning is done on the farm at present in a beater churn placed on a cross legged stand. The churn is barrel shaped with a square hole with a lid. The cream is put in through this, the beaters are turned with a handle on the outside. When the lid is put on, a plug in the bottom to let out the buttemilk and washing water and the churn is complete. In Summer, churning is done twice a week,in winter owing to scarcity of milk and cold temperature it is more uncertain, all members take a hand at the churning, a person coming in also takes it.(continues on next page)
