School: Millín, Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 16329)
- Location:
- Milleenduff, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 054
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- There were many industries carried on by the old people. Some of those industries are not carried on now. One industry that was carried on here long ago was churning.
When the people used be churning they had what was called a churn and a churn staff. The churn was a wooden vessel like a tank. The churn staff was a long wooden handle, and at the end of it there was a square piece of oak. In the cover of the churn there was a hole so that the staff could work up and down. This was done until the butter was made.
There was also spinning done in this locality. Spinning was done with a spinning wheel. This was a wooden article. They used make an amount of thread from wool at that time.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Curtin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockahorrea East, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Curtin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockahorrea East, Co. Cork
