School: Kentstown (roll number 1599)
- Location:
- Kentstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Lúasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 424
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- (continued from previous page)Churning
Churning is a very well known art in nearly every home in rural Ireland. Any person owning a milch cow is sure to own a churn also. Long ago churning was a laborious task . It took quite a long period to churn even a small quantity of cream and the great weight of the dash churn has long since gone out of fashion and is replaced by the more modern style of appliance called the "end over end" churn. Yet , even today many of the old people will say that the best butter is always churned in the old dash churn. The following is an account of how some of. the local people churn their cream .
mrs. Patrick Carter of sieily Duleek has a churn over ten years old and it is in splendid repair still .(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sicily, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Patrick Carter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sicily, Co. Meath
