School: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (roll number 16203)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: The Sisters
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 175
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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. - At present churning is far easier than that it was some years ago as it can be done in one hour or less now while previously it took three hours to complete it.
The churn is about three feet high end over end, it is the shape of a barrel flat at both ends and round in the middle and when the churning is being performed the churn is placed on a stand with two little wheels.
In this locality the churning is done an average three times a week in the winter and about four or five times a week in the summer. Water is sometimes put into(continues on next page)
