School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- Location:
- Carrowbaun, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ghadhnair
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0588, Page 163
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Carrowbawn, Cill Dá Lua
- XML Page 163
- XML “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
- When my Mother is making a large quantity of butter she makes it in a churn - barrel. This is a large round vessel and it rests on a stand which is about three feet high. The barrel revolves by means of a handle. While the butter is being made if anyone comes in they are supposed to take a "dreas" of the churn and no one is supposed to take out a coal while the butter is making, because it it said they would take away the butter.
When the butter is made it sticks to a glass which is on the lid. It is then taken out washed and salted. Then the butter milk is emptied into a vessel, and is used in the making of bread and it is also given to pigs, and calves.
In Winter time butter is made once a week, but in Summer it is(continues on next page)
