School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Sráid an Mhuilinn (roll number 2278)
- Location:
- Millstreet, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Caoimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0323, Page 309
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- I have a churn at home. It is a foot and a half in height. It is about a foot wide at the top and bottom. The sides are round. It is about twenty years old. There are many parts in it such as the handle and the cover. Some churns are made of timber and glass.Some people make butter every day and others make it twice a week. The farmer's wife usually does the churning. When the woman is making the butter if strangers come in they are supposed to help and some of them say God bless the butter and may you have more butter than buttermilk.It is by hand or by horse most churning is now done. When the people wants to know when the butter is made they take off the cover and look in. They always pour in water when making the butter to keep the butter together.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy O' Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Millstreet, Co. Cork
