School: Faltia
- Location:
- Fáilte, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Thomas Quinn
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- We have at home. It is about two feet wide at the bottom, and top. The sides are round. It is about four feet in height. It is five years old.
The various parts are called the lid, the dash, and the cup. There are no marks on the side or bottom of the churn. The women of the house do the churning.
The churning lasts about twenty minutes. The churning is done by hand. The dash is moved upwards, and downwards. Some churns are give a rolling.
The people know when they have churned when the butter comes upon the top of the milk. Water is poured in during the process. The butter is taken out with with butter cup and butterboards. The people put prints in the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Besy Gaffey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Múr Thuaidh, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mrs Gaffey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 40
- Address
- An Múr Thuaidh, Co. Ros Comáin