School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna

Location:
Taur, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 494

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  1. Long ago creameries were unknown among
    the people. They lodged the milk in timber
    vessels, then skimmed it and made it into butter.
    There were two kinds of churns, one was called
    a barrel churn and the other a dash churn.
    This churn was made of oak timber, this timber
    was cut into pieces called staves, these were
    bound together with iron hoops. Then the dashers
    were put in, there were three or four in each
    barrel. In each churn there was a hole worked
    in the timber to leave the vent out. There was
    a small piece of timber called a spicket to be
    put into this hole to prevent the cream from
    flowing out.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Pigott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork
    Informant
    David Pigott
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork