School: Hollymount (roll number 13122)
- Location:
- Cleighran Beg, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Philip Carrigan
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- Churn: Geight 3'
Breadth of top 2'
Bottom 2 1/2'
It is 33 years old.
the parts are called the lagging and the coshien.
Butter is made twice weekly.
Men churn, Strangers always take a turn at the churn otherwise they would be accused of taking the butter.
Churning takes an hour.
It si done by hand.
The churn-dash is brought up and down.
When the butter is made the dash is clean.
Warm water is poured in to hasten the churning.
The butter is taken out with a strainer and put into a tub.
It is washed with spring water and rubbed with a wooden spoon to take out moats and hairs.
It is salted and made into rolls(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Mc Grael
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornaguillagh, Co. Leitrim
