School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   two handles on the barrell was that two persons could help in making the butter. Independent farmers which were few had an easier system of barrelling than the small farmers but the same type of barrell but worked with a slow barrelling gear drawn by horse. The barrell was about three and a half feet long and about twenty four inches in circumference. The inside of the barrell is made up of beaters and in the revolution of the barrell the beaters used break and toss the cream until such time the butter was made. The beaters used also separate the milk from the butter milk it is used generally take a half an hour to make butter with a barrell. When the butter is made the barrell is opened and the [?] way of the little barrell is turned down ways over a tub. The butter is then taken

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán T. Ó Murchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killacrim, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Thomas Murphy

   Gender

   Male