School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

On this page

1. Churning (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   

   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.

   (continued from previous page)

   water in Winter, in order to gather the butter. When the butter comes in the churn, we take it out with butter pats, and put it into a wooden dish to be washed and salted. I heard an old story about a woman that had 'a dead man's hand' for making the butter, and there was no end to all the butter she would have.

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   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.

2. Churning

   

   Share Share Post

   We have a churn at home. It is a machine churn. The various parts with the churn are:- the stand, the lid, the handle, and the screws. The churn is worked by hand, and in a rolling motion. It is about two feet in height. At the

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit