School: An Caiseal Árd (roll number 16442)
- Location:
- Cashelard, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraic M. Mac Gongail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 140
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - My father has a churn at home and it is three feet six inches high. It is two feet wide on the top and two feet three inches on the bottom. It is six years old and was bought in Ballyshannon. The various parts are called the staves, the hoop which keep the staves together, the bottom, the lid and the churn dashIn Winter the butter is not made very often, because the milk is not plentiful. In Summerbutter is made very often because the milk is plentiful. My father and my mother churn themselves, and any strangers that come when they are churning take a turn. This turn that the stranger takes make the butter good if he goes away the butter will not be good.(continues on next page)
