School: Carrickgorman
- Location:
- Carrickgorman, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Fleming
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- (continued from previous page)Mr. James Clark's of Dromore.
The make of them is a pole about six feet long, another pole four feet would be attached to this by a steeple about three feet from one end.
The dashes they used with these churns are much the same as the dashes we use now, the staff of the churn is about 5 feet at the top. - When the butter parts from the milk on the churn water is used according to the degree of heat sixty degrees is used in summer if the heat is over sixty, you have to use cold water to bring it to sixty and hot water if it is under sixty.
The butter is taken off with a wooden butter cup and put into a butter tub, and the buttermilk(continues on next page)- Collector
- Vincent Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Togher, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Owen Mc Cabe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Togher, Co. Cavan