1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Béal Átha Feorainne (C.)

School: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.) (roll number 15653)

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 11_014

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 11_014

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: Béal Átha Feorainne (C.)
  2. XML Page 11_014
  3. XML “Churning”

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. Churning

    Share Share Post
    Churning
    24-1-'38
    Our churn is a dash churn. The principal parts of a churn are the lid, dash, and the little cup. The cows are milked every morning and night the milk is brought in and strained into a clean basin or bowl, it is left there until the next morning and it is skimmed into another basin for the churning. First the churn is washed with water, then the cream is put in, then the dash and lid is put on. It is churned up and down until the butter is made. The butter is then taken out with
    (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
    Maureen Gacquin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muckloon, Co. Galway