School: Creenkill, Johnstown (roll number 2137)
- Location:
- Creenkill More, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Chathail
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- (continued from previous page)made into rolls. Some is kept for the household, and the rest sold at the market. The butter milk is given to calves, and some is kept to make bread.
- We have a churn at home and it is about five feet tall and two feet wide. It is shaped like a barrel. It stands on a frame. It is called an end-over-end churn.
It is about three years old. There is a handle at the side and the churn turns on two wheels on the frame. It is worked with the hand.
We churn once a week in Winter and twice in the Summer. The lid is very heavy. There is a rubber band around the edge and it is kept on with four large screws that are attached on to the churn. There is also on the lid a ventilation for letting out the air, while the churning is going on. There is a small glass on the lid, so that you see, when it is made.
My mother makes the churn and when the butter comes on, there is a plug in the side near the bottom to draw off the buttermilk. The butter is washed in the churn also.
If a neighbour comes in while the churning is in progress(continues on next page) - Collector
- Michael Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Rathlogan, Co. Kilkenny
