School: Garr
- Location:
- Garr, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Cáit de Léis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0801, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)and leaves without churning he brings off the butter. Before churning we shake a grain of salt on the lid or hang the tongs on the pot crook while we are churning. (John Groome, Sallybog, aged 73).
- Nearly all the people around here have churns of their own because there is no creamery near us. Our churn is an end-over-end churn. It is like a barl. It sits on a stand with four legs. There is a lid on one end and a round piece of glass in the middle of it to look through when you are churning. There is a heavy piece of iron nailed on the other end to keep it from turning over. Butter is generally made three times a week in Summer and twice a week in Winter. It is generally the women of the house that do the churning. If any stranger comes in during(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Garr, Co. Offaly
