School: Clonmacnoise

Location:
Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
P. Ó Maolmhuaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 212

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    handle go out by the side of your ear, or else you would not get a drop out of the vessel. It was called a noggin. Very few noggins are to be seen now. The old people had also another wooden vessel like a dish. They used it just as we use dishes now. Some of these dishes are still to be seen but they are only used for making butter. Butter was made in a churn with a dash long ago. These churns were made by a man called a cooper. The churn had a lid with a hole in the middle to let the handle of the dash out through. Then there was a small wooden cap put on over the handle of the dash and over the lid. This vessel keeps the milk from splashing out. It is called a dabler or a jogler. Bread or cakes are made on a flat board with a raised edge
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Master Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly