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1. Churning

   

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   Some years ago butter making was the
   chief industry in this area, when the milk
   was milked from the cows it was strained,
   and put to set or "lodge" in the timber pecks.
   After twenty four hours the cream was
   skimmed off by means of a skimmer, in
   this skimmer there were holes to let the
   milk escape. Then the cream was put
   to ripen in a cream tub. Now the people
   have changed their method of farming,
   and are sending the milk to the creamery,
   but some people are making butter still
   on the farm. We have a churn at home,
   it is called the "topsy-torvy" churn. It is
   just placed on a stand, and is made to
   revolve by the hand, end over end, at one end
   it is completely open, the circumference of
   the opening is five feet, two inches. The cover
   is put on with a rubber ring between it
   and the sides of the churn, to prevent the
   gas and cream from escaping, it is then
   fastened with four iron clasps. In the
   door of this churn there is a brass valve,
   for ventilating it. There is also a round
   glass about an inch and a half in
   diameter. This glass gets clear when

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Mary Reidy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Maurice Reidy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Pleasure Hill, Co. Cork