School: Tyholland (roll number 13339)
- Location:
- Tuckmilltate, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Deborah Freeman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0951, Page 141
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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. - We have a churn at home. It is not very tall or wide and the sides are rounded like a barrel. We have it about four years.
Butter is made twice a week in our house. It is easily made in winter because the milk is scarce and the churning is not heavy. There is a lot of butter in summer and then churning is very heavy work. It is churned by hand with a churn dash which moves round and round. My mother does the churning and if neighbours come in they lend a hand and have a friendly chat. The churning must be kept going once(continues on next page)
