School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 206
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - We use a dash churn. It's between two and three feet high. My mother and I churn usually. The longest time we ever have to stay churning is a half hour.Its sides are round. The name of some things are. The lid and dash.
There is a little piece cut out of the side of the churn and out of the lid as well. When the lid is being put on we are supposed to put the slit in the lid opposite the slit in the churn.My Mother dashes it up and down. When she(continues on next page)
