School: Killashandra (2.)
- Location:
- Cill na Seanrátha, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Laura Patton
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Churning
We have a churn at home. It is 2 1/2 feet high. It measurements are - the top is one foot square - the bottom 1 1/2 feet in diameter. The sides are round. The various parts are: the handle, dash, and lid. There is no mark on the churn. We churn once a week. Sometimes my mother churns. Very seldom anyone comes in during the churning. It takes about one hour to churn. It is churned by hand. The handle is turned round and it turns the dash inside. When it gets hard to turn the handle, water is put in to make it easier to churn. The butter is lifted out on a wooden plate and beaten with a flat spoon to get the milk out of it. It is then washed in spring water to clean(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charles Hales
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lahard, Co. an Chabháin
- Informant
- Mrs Hales
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lahard, Co. an Chabháin
