School: Béal Átha Grean (roll number 9820)
- Location:
- Ballyagran, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Cuill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 330
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- The quern consisted of two circular stones laid on each other horizontally with grooves especially chiseled on each. It was worked by rotation of a centre shaft of wood or iron. The corn was supplied on top through a funnel and emitted under the lower shaft in flour.
Left is a rough sketch of one stone slab
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There are many of those old grindstones lying around family premises. I saw one some time ago at Rossmore House residence of P. Vaughan.
- The old rotary churn barrel is remembered in many places but the old distaff churn is effete. The latter consisted of a vertical barrel in which was inserted a wooden shaft with perforated bottom slab and this shaft was propelled or plunged up and down through the cream till butter came.(continues on next page)
