School: An Faithche
- Location:
- Fahy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Nóra Nic Ghabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0056, Page 0224
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- ChurcningChurning is done in nearly (done in) every country house. Barrel churns are mostly used now but long ago it was the dash-churn that was used.It was shaped like a barrel with six bright thin hoops around it; it was very wide at bottom and much narrower at the top.There were four parts in it, the churn itself, the dash, the lid and the joggler.The lid was placed about three inches down from the top of the churn.There is a mark on the lid and on the top of the churn so that the lid would fit properly.It is said that some people could take the butter long ago and that if certain people entered the house while the work was going on you could be churning from morning until night and you would have no butter.When a person goes into a house he should take part in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Olive Reynolds
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fearmore, Co. Galway
