School: Shanagolden (B.) (roll number 3786)
- Location:
- Shanagolden, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Loingsigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0483, Page 291
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- In olden times, before a creamery was built in the locality, the local people made butter in their own homes. Two types of churns were used for the purpose, a "meadar" and a barrel churn. The meader was the older type and was more or less conical in shape, with a wooden cylinder fitted at the narrow end. When churning it was placed on the floor, with the wide end down. A churn-staff was inserted through the wooden cylinder. A cover attached to the handle of the churn staff closed the cylinder. Then the staff was worked in an up and down direction. The "beater" as the lower end of it churned the cream and in the course of half an hour or so converted it into butter.The barrel churn was a small-sized barrel which could be placed on a stand - two short axles were attached to the barrel and those rested on pivots on the stand. A handle was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Mulvihill
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Macnamara
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Creeves, Co. Limerick
