School: Monksland (C.) (roll number 2792)
- Location:
- Monksland, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Nic Oireachtaigh
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- We have no churn at home at present.
But they are very useful in every house.
There are different kinds of churns, the dash-churn, the swing-churn, and the barrel-churn.
We get milk from our neighbours anytime of the year.
The barrel-churn is one you twist a handle and a little glass which show you when the butter is done.
The swing-chrun is one you swing back-wards, and forwards.
The dash-churn is one with which you dash a big stick up and down.
People only churn once a week in winter, and twice a week in summer where there is one cow.
The butter forms in very small grains on the top of the milk.
Yoy cannot judge churning anytime of the year acording to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Bridget Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Galtrimsland, Co. Louth
