School: Cumán an Lín
- Location:
- Commanealine, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seanán Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0541, Page 41
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- The hand churn was used on farms where only a few cows were kept or on larger farms when the quantity of cream to be vhurned was small. Let me remark here that I have seen cream churned in a tall glass jar and in a tin can such as are used to hold sweets in confectioners shops at the present day. Naturally the amount of butter which resulted was small sometimes a pound seldom more than 2 lbs.
To return to the hand churn, it consisted of the churn, the staff, the lid and the cup . The lid fitted closely over the mouth of the churn, it had a hole in the centre through which(continues on next page)
