School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 435
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- We have a churn at home.
It is called "?"
It is three feet and a half in height and it is one foot and a half in width at the bottom.
It is made fourteen years.
Twice a week we churn in Summer and Winter.
A quarter of an hour it takes to make a churning.
It is with the hands it is done.
The dash works up and down and from side to side.
If a person looks in through the grass on the side of the churn he can see the little bits of butter below in the churn.
If a person wants to get the butter away from the buttermilk, first he gets a basin and a strainer and he put the basin under the strainer and the plug that is holding the butter and milk in the churn is drawn out and the butter falls(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
