School: Island View, Cill an Dísirt (roll number 14196)
- Location:
- Tonlegee, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cochláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0605, Page 112
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- Names: The barrel churn, and the staff churn. The staff churn is worked by the staff. You must keep this staff working up and down to make the butter. The barrel churn is worked by the handle.
The height of the churn is about three feet. The breadth is about 2 feet in the top and 2½ feet in the bottom. The churn is worked by the hands.
The different parts of the staff churn are the lid, the cup and the staff. The different parts of the barrel churn are the beaters, the handle, and the open in the side of it where the cream goes in. The churn is made once every week. The woman of the house or the girls of the house make the churn. When a stranger comes in he is(continues on next page)
