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

Location:
Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Áine Bean Uí Chuillin

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Churning

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 22_003

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Churning.
Milk was churned in the old days in what wascalled a Dash Churn. It was shaped like a barrel with the long handle of the dash coming through a hole in the lid. Milk is carried on in every farmhouse now. The cows are milked in the morning and it is strained into a baisen or towel. It is to set for twenty four hours then the cream is taken out into another clean crock and left there for a cupla days. It is then churned and made into butter.

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Annie Taylor
Gender
female
Address
Castle Ffrench, Co. Galway
Language
English