The fireplace between the two sleeping-places is usually made of four stones and is called kudrvars. At the wursuli it is made of three stones and is called waskal. [[58]]
The room of the dairy which contains the dairy vessels is divided into three parts: the patatmar, the ertatmar, and the kalkani.
The patatmar takes its name from the patat, an earthenware vessel into which the milk is poured from the milking vessel and in which it is churned. The vessels kept in this part of the inner room, which are known collectively as patatpur, are those which are actually used in the milking and churning.
The ertatmar takes its name from the ertat, a bamboo vessel used to carry buttermilk or butter out of the dairy. The ertat and the vessels kept with it, known collectively as the ertatpur, are those which receive the products of the churning or are used to convey these products out of the dairy. The lamp and the fire-sticks used for making fire by friction are also kept in this part of the dairy.
In the third part of the room, called the kalkani, are kept leaves, firewood, knives, and various sticks or wands. According to some accounts, the vessel called penpariv is also kept here.
When the dairy vessels are taken into a new dairy (see [Chap. VI].), they are placed on ferns. I do not know whether they always rest on a bed of ferns or whether the ferns are only used when the vessels are first placed in the dairy.
The following is a list of the patatpur, the vessels and other objects which are kept in the part of the dairy called patatmar:
Patat or tat. Earthenware vessels into which the freshly drawn milk is poured and in which it is churned ([Fig. 18], F). There are several of these vessels, one of which may be used to hold water.
Irkartpun or patatpun. The bamboo milking-vessel (Fig. 18, I).
Parskadrvenmu or parskadrpenmu, i.e., milk churn butter mu ([Fig. 18], H). This is also sometimes called kazhmu, and is a small earthenware vessel in which is kept the butter (pen) which is added while churning. Except when the churning is in progress, it is used as a cover for the patat.