1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Muileann

School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)

Location:
Mullen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
B. Mac Siúrtáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 030

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 030

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: An Muileann
  2. XML Page 030
  3. XML “Our Dash Churn”

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. Our Dash Churn

    Share Share Post
    The churn we use at home is called a dash churn. The parts of the churn are the churn, dash, lid and claibín and the top of the churn is called the cloichín . The circumference of the bottom is five feet and the top four feet ten inches. It is two feet in height. There are eight hoops on it. It is about thirty six years old. It was bought from Mr. Dowd. He was a cooper and he lived in Ballintubber. When preparing a churn for milk first rinse the butter milk out of it. Then get a kettle of warm water and a scrub which is made from the bottom of heather. Then
    (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
    Lizzie Breslin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leitrim, Co. Roscommon