School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)

On this page

1. Animal Calls (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   Animals born at whit are wicked and it is very hard to mind them.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Prayers

   

   Share Share Post

   When you are putting out the light at night you should say "God grant us the light of heaven when you awake in the morning say God grant us the light of day.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

3. Churning

   

   Share Share Post

   

   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.

   My Granny has a churn. It is tall and wide at the bottom and it is narrower at the top. The butter is made twice every week on Mondays and Thursdays. My Granny does the churning and if anyone comes in during the churning time they give help. They are supposed to be unlucky if they don't. The churning is done by hand and the churn-dash is always moved upwards and downwards. It takes a half-an-hour to churn. When it is churned the butter is taken up with a wooden platter and put into a basin and rinsed with cold water and salt put in. Then it is taken out and shaped into rolls, which is either kept

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   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.

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Caith Dillon

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Bridget Kelly

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   73