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The Kerrygold wrapper from years past, as seen in the collection on the Museum gallery floor.
January 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The Kerrygold wrapper from years past, as seen in the collection on the Museum gallery floor.
Happy New Year with the Castlelyons (Co. Cork) wrapper. A red and blue on white paper, utilising the scroll effect as seen on many other designs. A lovely symbol on the lower right hand side. The L(?).A.W.S. (printers?) are a new one for us. Any info gratefully received 😊 BM
January 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Happy New Year with the Castlelyons (Co. Cork) wrapper. A red and blue on white paper, utilising the scroll effect as seen on many other designs. A lovely symbol on the lower right hand side. The L(?).A.W.S. (printers?) are a new one for us. Any info gratefully received 😊 BM
The Cratchits’ Christmas dinner in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, as illustrated by E. A. Abbey (1876). It’s one of the few images to show the Cratchits’ Christmas goose.
Merry Christmas everyone from the Butter Museum 😊
Merry Christmas everyone from the Butter Museum 😊
December 25, 2024 at 10:41 AM
The Cratchits’ Christmas dinner in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, as illustrated by E. A. Abbey (1876). It’s one of the few images to show the Cratchits’ Christmas goose.
Merry Christmas everyone from the Butter Museum 😊
Merry Christmas everyone from the Butter Museum 😊
The humble butter box. Made of Swedish pine, and came in flat packs to be assembled onsite: the original Ikea. This particular example is creamery registration number 113: Coachford, Co. Cork
December 22, 2024 at 11:01 AM
The humble butter box. Made of Swedish pine, and came in flat packs to be assembled onsite: the original Ikea. This particular example is creamery registration number 113: Coachford, Co. Cork
The Millvale creamery butter wrapper. It never ceases to delight how the designers managed to incorporate such deeply symbolic iconography into such a small space (a piece of square parchment paper, the size of which encloses a pound of butter), and with such grace. BM
December 13, 2024 at 11:51 AM
The Millvale creamery butter wrapper. It never ceases to delight how the designers managed to incorporate such deeply symbolic iconography into such a small space (a piece of square parchment paper, the size of which encloses a pound of butter), and with such grace. BM
A final (snow) flurry of visually stunning butter wrappers this morning: Baileboro, Carrigeen, North Clare, Millvale 🧈😊 BM
December 7, 2024 at 7:33 AM
A final (snow) flurry of visually stunning butter wrappers this morning: Baileboro, Carrigeen, North Clare, Millvale 🧈😊 BM
An example of two butter prints (or stamps) from the Museum’s collection. They were used to impress a unique design on the butter and were found especially useful by members of the community who were illiterate, but able to recognise the particular brand from the design.
December 6, 2024 at 11:59 AM
An example of two butter prints (or stamps) from the Museum’s collection. They were used to impress a unique design on the butter and were found especially useful by members of the community who were illiterate, but able to recognise the particular brand from the design.
Following on from the other day, another four beautifully original butter wrappers: Freshford, Outrath, Greybridge and Golden Vein. Enjoy! 😊 BM
December 4, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Following on from the other day, another four beautifully original butter wrappers: Freshford, Outrath, Greybridge and Golden Vein. Enjoy! 😊 BM
Hello Bluesky! We joined here a while ago and we will now regale you lovely people with butter wrappers, artefacts and all things butter and Cork. Here, enjoy a selection of our more ‘original’ - in a visual design sense - butter wrappers 😊🧈: Blackabbey, Caherciveen, West Clare, and Kildimo. BM
November 30, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Hello Bluesky! We joined here a while ago and we will now regale you lovely people with butter wrappers, artefacts and all things butter and Cork. Here, enjoy a selection of our more ‘original’ - in a visual design sense - butter wrappers 😊🧈: Blackabbey, Caherciveen, West Clare, and Kildimo. BM
Butter wrappers: Lee Valley
October 16, 2023 at 7:02 AM
Butter wrappers: Lee Valley
Some happy scenes from Culture Night last Friday ☺️ BM
September 26, 2023 at 8:02 AM
Some happy scenes from Culture Night last Friday ☺️ BM
Our doors are open to visitors, free admission, this evening until 8pm 😊. We would be delighted to see you on this Culture Night. Enjoy 😊 BM
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September 22, 2023 at 7:47 AM
Our doors are open to visitors, free admission, this evening until 8pm 😊. We would be delighted to see you on this Culture Night. Enjoy 😊 BM
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This week, leading up to Culture Night on Friday, we are honouring the memory of a colleague, Don Humphreys. Don loved Culture Night; interacting with visitors, regaling them with folk and fairy stories galore and reminding them that “every single day you learn something new” ❤️
September 21, 2023 at 7:47 AM
This week, leading up to Culture Night on Friday, we are honouring the memory of a colleague, Don Humphreys. Don loved Culture Night; interacting with visitors, regaling them with folk and fairy stories galore and reminding them that “every single day you learn something new” ❤️
Butter wrappers: Lombardstown
September 17, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Butter wrappers: Lombardstown
Butter wrappers: Blackabbey Co-Op, Co. Limerick
September 12, 2023 at 7:28 AM
Butter wrappers: Blackabbey Co-Op, Co. Limerick
Butter wrappers: Silver Churn
September 9, 2023 at 10:29 AM
Butter wrappers: Silver Churn
Butter wrappers: West Clare, Kilrush
September 7, 2023 at 9:39 AM
Butter wrappers: West Clare, Kilrush
Butter wrappers: Southern Pastures, Dublin
September 4, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Butter wrappers: Southern Pastures, Dublin
Butter wrappers: Crème Maid, Dublin
August 29, 2023 at 9:22 AM
Butter wrappers: Crème Maid, Dublin
@thebuttermuseum.bsky.social Butter wrapped: Piltown, Co.Kilkenny
August 28, 2023 at 8:02 AM
@thebuttermuseum.bsky.social Butter wrapped: Piltown, Co.Kilkenny
Butter wrappers: Golden Vein, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
August 25, 2023 at 9:59 AM
Butter wrappers: Golden Vein, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
Butter wrappers: Carrigeen, Co. Waterford
August 23, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Butter wrappers: Carrigeen, Co. Waterford
Butter wrappers: “Golden Valley” from Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
August 22, 2023 at 7:52 AM
Butter wrappers: “Golden Valley” from Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Our first post on Bluesky 😊We have a lovely collection of butter wrappers in the Museum here in Shandon. We regularly post scans of them online and people seem to like them. This is one of our favourites: Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
August 21, 2023 at 9:55 AM
Our first post on Bluesky 😊We have a lovely collection of butter wrappers in the Museum here in Shandon. We regularly post scans of them online and people seem to like them. This is one of our favourites: Freshford, Co. Kilkenny