School: Garr
- Location:
- Garr, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Cáit de Léis
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- (continued from previous page)horse-churns were used. Then all the vessels connected with the making of butter were wooden - wooden tubs for collectng the cream called (cílearaí) "keeler" singular. These were anywhere from half a foot to a foot in depth, and at least a foot and a half in diameter. Something like a flat wooden saucer was used for skimming - now an ordinary delph saucer is used and in some houses they have separators. These only made their appearance twenty years ago here. Supersititions: we must always churn on May Day or we will have no butter for the year. If a stranger comes in he must "take a hand" at the churn (localism) or he brings off the profit of the milk. If a stranger comes in and lights his pipe(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Groome
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garr, Co. Offaly