School: Carrigeengeare (roll number 8672)
- Location:
- Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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- This industry is no longer practiced in the district although formerly coopers worked in every town land. The churn consisted of two parts, the lower part of "body" and the upper part which was known as the "peek" or "cosheen". The staves for the "body" were wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, where they joined the "peek" while those for the "peek" were made wide at the top and narrow at the bottom to fit the body at the top of the body. The "body" and the "peek" (cosheen) were joined by one hoop while other hoops were put on the "body" and at the top of the "peek". The "peek" and "body" were joined by two-pieces of iron similar to that used(continues on next page)