School: Crossmolina (2.)
- Location:
- Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Coille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 528
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- We have a churn at home and it is called a barrel churn. The churn is twenty inches long and fifteen broad on the top and bottom. The sides of the churn are the shape of a barrel. Our churn is twenty eight years old. The various parts are called the stand, the handle, the lid, and the churn itself. The churn is set into a stand and worked on an axle turned by a handle. The lid is put on, and there are two pieces of iron which are on to the churn lapped across it and tightened by a screw which is on to the lid. There is a small glass in the lid which you can see through when you want to see if the butter is done without removing the lid. There is a round piece of metal on the bottom of the churn with the makers name on it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Wood
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mullenmore South, Co. Mayo
