School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 117
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- Churns and ChurningLong ago churns were worked by horse power. The churn was in a frame in a pit. It was worked by one or two horses, and the horses used to walk round the pit.The "dash" churn was much used long ago. This churn was like a barrel with a lid on it. There was a small round hole in the lid through which the handle of the dash came. The churning was done by lifting the dash up and down, and beating the milk with the head of the dash.
Barrel churns are mostly used in this district now. If anyone comes into a house while the churning is going on he usually takes a turn, as it thought to be unlucky not to do so.
Sometimes the dash was attached to a beam in the ceiling.Got from - John Victory (60) Donore, DroghedaGerard Victory (Scoláire)
Buttermilk is used as a drink. It is also used in making bread. It is given to calves and pigs.
- Collector
- Gerard Victory
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Victory
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Donore, Co. Meath
