School: Moycarkey, Thurles
- Location:
- Moycarky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Michael Myers
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 392
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- There is very little home made butter made in this district, because creameries are numerous and within easy reach. Long ago butter was made in dash-churns and later in barel-churns.
The dash-churn was like a long narrow barrel with a lid, and was about three feet high and a foot and a half in width at the bottom, and tapering just large enough for the handle of the dash to pass through. The handle has a board at the end and was jerked up and down throught the hole in the lid thus churning the milk. Sometimes the board was round and had a number of small holes in it. The sides of the churn were round.
The barrel-churn was like a small barrel which stood on a fram and turned on an axle. It had one or sometimes two handles with beaters inside
When milk is intended for the(continues on next page)
