School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- Our churn is made of wood with iron hoops around it. It is wide at the top and wide at the bottom. There is a lid for it, and a churn dash for churning the milk. The churn dash is worked by the hand. It is pulled up and down striaight. We have it about eight years. The butter is got according to the amount of milk. If a stranger comes to the house where people are churning he helps for a few minutes, or if he didn't help it is supposed that there would be no butter on that milk. After a certain time the cream breaks and little bits of butter appears. Cold water is poured into(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon