School: Béal Átha Feorainne (B.) (roll number 1866)
- Location:
- Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M.S. Ó Ceallaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0271B, Page 12_004
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- Churning was done long ago with dash-churns. They were shaped like milk cans with a lid and a hole in the middle of it, for the dash to go up and down. Dash-churns are to be found up to the present time. There is an old superstitious belief that no man should light his pipe and go off again without giving a few twists to the churn, lest he would bring away the butter. The old women throw a coal under the churn, when they are about to churn, so that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael J. Gately
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Caltraghduff, Co. Galway
