School: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha na mBuillí
- Location:
- Strokestown, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An tSr. M. Olivia
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- XML “Churning”
- XML “Butter-Making”
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- (continued from previous page)are not the butter will come out greasy and sticky. When the butter is taken out of the churn and in the dish it is washed several times with cold water and after that salted and then made into a roll or butter prints by means of clappers
- A churn is made of wood. It is wide at the bottom and narrow as it nears the top then it gets wider at the top. It is kept together by hoops and it has a lid of wood with a hole in the middle of it for the dash. The dash is a piece of wood with a long handle and a head on it. With this the churning is made.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- K. Shaughnessy
- Address
- Corboghil, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Corboghil, Co. Roscommon