School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: E. O' Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 163
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- (continued from previous page)eye and would prevent the butter coming on.
- Churning in the Winter takes an hour and in the Summer it only takes three-quarters of an hour. Churning is done by the hands.
- Collector
- Natty Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Bridget Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Achadh an Iúir, Co. an Chabháin
- It generally takes about half an hour to churn. It is done mostly by the hand but it is also churned in a churn sitting on two legs and made of wood. The milk is put into the churn and there is a handle on the churn and when a person twists the handle the churn turns round and the milk is churned.(continues on next page)
