School: Corraslira
- Location:
- Corraslira, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhubhláin
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- Churning
I have a churn at home. It is three feet in height. It is two feet wide at the bottom, at the is two feet and a half. Our churn is one year old. The sides of the churn are round the are six hoops on the churn in order to keep in place, there is a mark on the side of the churn and on the lid.
The various parts of the churn are the dash, joggler, buttercup. Butter is made once a week in winter and every second day in summer. My mother does the churning. Long ago if a man came in to the house where they would be churning and took a coal he would bring the luck of the churning. The churning is done by hand. The dash is moved upwards and downwards. It takes about an hour to(continues on next page)- Collector
- Celia Holmes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Annaghbeg, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Pat Caslin
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Annaghbeg, Co. Roscommon