School: Teamhair, Áth Treasna
- Location:
- Taur, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Súillleabháin
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- Long ago creameries were unknown among
the people. They lodged the milk in timber
vessels, then skimmed it and made it into butter.
There were two kinds of churns, one was called
a barrel churn and the other a dash churn.
This churn was made of oak timber, this timber
was cut into pieces called staves, these were
bound together with iron hoops. Then the dashers
were put in, there were three or four in each
barrel. In each churn there was a hole worked
in the timber to leave the vent out. There was
a small piece of timber called a spicket to be
put into this hole to prevent the cream from
flowing out.- Collector
- Mary Pigott
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork
- Informant
- David Pigott
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Glennamucklagh East, Co. Cork