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 23_012

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271C, Page 23_012

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 23_012
  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 is carried on in every farmers house. First the cow is milked, then the milk is strained into a basin or bowl and allowed to stand for twenty four hours until the cream has formed. The cream is, next separated from the milk, and reserved in a large crock for five days in cold weather, and for forty eight hours in Summer months.
    The churn is thoroughly washed with boiling water before the milk is churned. The cream is then poured in and churned quickly until
    (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
    Jane Gately
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cronin, Co. Roscommon