School: Clonfinlough, Athlone
- Location:
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 230
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- There are different makes of churns nowadays but the old churn is called the dash churn. It is made by a man called a cooper. It is made of timber and is bound with hoops. It has a lid with a hole in the centre and it is worked with a dash. The dash is worked up and down in the milk from the outside with the hands. The churning can be done much easier in Summer as the cream thickens quicker. In Winter some warm water is needed to make it churn quickly. The milk is said to be cracked when the butter begins (begins) to appear on the dash. When the milk is churned the butter is taken off into a wooden basin the basin is washed for the butter. The butter milk(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mick Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
