1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clonmel Convent

School: Clonmel Convent (roll number 12180)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Sr M. Peadar
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 12_018

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567C, Page 12_018

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: Clonmel Convent
  2. XML Page 12_018
  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
    6th Oct, 1938.
    Churning.
    Morning and evening the cows get milked. Some farmers bring the milk to factories to make butter and cheese. Other farmers make country butter and they also keep the cream for fruit and vegetables.
    The milk is skimmed and left over night to be separated, and that milk is sold also for baking bread and if it is too sour it does
    (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
    Kitty Mulcahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs K. Mulcahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary