1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Achadh na Sealbhaighe

School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe (roll number 15344)

Location:
Aghnashalvy, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Maguidhir
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 002

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 002

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Achadh na Sealbhaighe
  2. XML Page 002
  3. XML “Churning”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Churning

    Share Share Post
    We have a common cooper-made churn at home. This churn is about twenty inches in diameter across the top while at the bottom the greatest diameter is about twenty one inches while the height from top to bottom is about twenty eight inches. There are two parts in this churn. The upper part is generally called a "crib", while the bottom part of the churn is usually called a "stand" and these two parts can be separated in the middle.
    The churn is always round and the staves are kept in position by iron hoops mostly put on by the cooper. The staves of the lower part of the churn project over the bottom
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryartry, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Derryartry, Co. Monaghan