School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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- We have a churn at home. It is about three and a half feet high. The sides are round and they taper to about one foot of the top. There they widen out again. The following are the parts, the dash, the lid, and the float.
Butter is generally made twice a week in summer and once a week in winter. The women of the house generally makes the churning.
If a stanger comes in during the churning operations he helps, lest he brings the butter with him. The churning is worked by the hand. When butter is made it comes to the top of the milk. Cold water is poured into the churn during the winter to bring the milk to a certain tempeture. The churning takes about half an hour, when properly done.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Pat Leonard
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Kilroy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo