School: Machaire, An Tulach
- Location:
- Maghera, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Seanacháin
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so that he would not take away the luck of the butter or milk for the year.Some people believe that if a man came in while the churn would be making and lighted his pipe with a coal they could not make the butter that day.
- The Churn/
Our churn is about three feet high.it is wide in the bottom and the middle and narrow at the top. The staff is a long handle with a round piece of timber on the end of it.The lid is made of timber and it is of a circular shape .there is a hole in the centre through the staff is put.The butter cup is a round piece of timber and a hole in the middle.
The churn is made twice a week in Winter.The butter is made by working the staff up and down. - Transcription guide » You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
