School: Duxtown, Rathkeale (roll number 15943)
- Location:
- Duckstown, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Agnes O' Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0500, Page 612
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- I have no churn at home. There is no remains of any old churn in my home. The oldest type of churn was like a timber cover in which a staff used to pass, and fastened to the end of the staff was a round timber place this was worked so quickly as the worker could do so. The movement of the wooden plate churned the creams.
There a few separators in the district [in I] live in but very few people make home-made butter and those who do, set the milk in wide shallow pans. These pans are not touched until the cream is set that is until it forms a thick leather coat on the top of the milk. Many people test the ripeness(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patsy Doherty
- Gender
- Female
