1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Crossmolina (B.)

School: Crossmolina (B.)

Location:
Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Risteárd Ó Corcaráin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 453

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 453

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Crossmolina (B.)
  2. XML Page 453
  3. 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

  1. Churning

    Share Share Post
    We have a churn at home. It is a barrel churn and it is eighteen inches high and fifteen inches wide. It is placed in a stand and worked by a handle. The sides are shaped like a barrel and it is twenty five years old. The parts of the churn are, the lid, the handle, the stand, and the barrel. The height of the barrel is twenty four inches.
    The churn is first scaulded and then put out in the air to cool. It is then washed again with cold spring water and then the cream is poured in. Butter is made once a week in winter and twice a week in summer. If the weather is cold there is hot spring water poured in with the cream, and if the weather is warm
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jim Wood
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullenmore North, Co. Mayo