School: Coole (roll number 3936)
- Location:
- Coole, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mac Cormaic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 428
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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. - Mostly all people has churns. There are different kinds and different sizes. The dash churn is the oldest make and it was always used by the old people in former times. The dash churn is round. It is wide at top and bottom and narrower in the middle.
The farmer that kept nine and ten cows used to use a horse for churning. The churn was the same shape but much larger. They would have a crank upon the dash and from the crank chains going through the wall. The horse was harnessed as if he was going to plough. A man or boy would go around in a ring and with his movement the dash would go up and down in the churn the same as if you were churning with our hand.
At the present day they have barrel churns. Any small child is able to churn a crock of cream in a short time. Generally the son does(continues on next page)
