1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Kilbeg

School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)

Location:
Robertstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Duibhgeannáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 152

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 152

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Kilbeg
  2. XML Page 152
  3. XML “The Churning”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Churning

    Share Share Post
    We have a churn at home. It is a diablo?. The name is printed on the side of it. It is made of steel. There is a metal stand bolted to a wooden bench on this stand is the turning handle a spindle and a cog wheel. The churn itself holds about nine gallons. It is narrow at the top than at the bottom. There is a spindle shield in the churn and a cog wheel on the bottom. This cog wheel fits into the one on the stand when the churn is let down on the spindle. The other fittings of the churn area lid and two dashes. The dashes fit into a groove at the top of the spindle. My brothers and I churn at home. It takes from twenty to thirty minutes to churn. In winter hot water is added and in summer cold water, you keep turning the handle and the churn spins round quickly. When it is finished
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philip Melady
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Robertstown, Co. Meath