School: Churchtown (Baile an Teampoill) (roll number 1132)
- Location:
- Churchtown, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Liam Ó Briain
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- (continued from previous page)taken out and the butter-milk let run out into a pan. Then clean water is put in and the butter is washed with it. Then that water is let run out into a bucket and the butter is taken out with two wooden spades and put into a clean pan. The water is pressed out of it with the spades and it is then salted and made up in a roll.The butter-milk is sometimes used for making cakes and sometimes people drink it.
- There are two of the old style of churn or meadar in Ballywilliam – one at Dalys and the other at Scanlans.
They are shaped like a barrel except that they are a little wider at bottom than at the top.Dalys’ Height 1ft 10ins Diam. of top 1ft
Diam. of bottom 1ft 2½ ins Scanlans’ Height 2ft 7½ins Diam. of top 11ins
Diam. of bottom 1ft 3ins They are about 20 years old and were made in Midleton. There are no marks in the sides or bottom. Parts – The churn, the staff and the cover.
