School: Cathair Loisgreáin (B)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic de Chlár
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- Long ago the churns were all made of timber. There are iron hoops on the churns now. The length of our churn is 2 3/4 feet. The top of it is about sixteen inches and the bottom is about two feet. It is about thirteen inches wide in the centre. There is a lid made also for the churn and it fits down in it about three inches. There is a hole in the centre of it for the handle of the dasher. There are round and L shaped holes in the dasher. There is a splasher let down on the handle to prevent the milk from splashing on the churn. Some people throw salt on the churn before they churn the milk, and others put a coal under the churn.
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“In Clare people used not let anything leave the house while churn . . .”
Long ago the churns were all made of timber. There are iron hoops on the churns now. The length of our churn is 2 3/4 feet. The top of it is about sixteen inches and the bottom is about two feet. It is about thirteen inches wide in the centre. There is a lid made also for the churn and it fits down in it about three inches. There is a hole in the centre of it for the handle of the dasher. There are round and L shaped holes in the dasher. There is a splasher let down on the handle to prevent the milk from splashing on the churn. Some people throw salt on the churn before they churn the milk, and others put a coal under the churn.Patrick Roche (Red)- Informant
- Mrs P. Clair
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcornan, Co. Clare