James Stephens: Hill of Vision; Crock of Gold (prose fiction).

It was a deep, extremely narrow ravine, so narrow indeed that it was merely a great crock in the earth, not more than six feet across at its widest.

Ondrejko carried the crock with a narrow neck, completely covered with braided straw, and the covered can of milk.

The lady stopped and almost joyfully handed the crock to Aunty Moravec.

Mrs. Crocks as usual had made a good choice, for as Bertie talked all the time, he was sure to say something once in a while.

All that is required is a churn, milk-pans (at the rate of three to each cow), a milk-pail, a board (or, better still, a piece of marble), to make the butter up on, a couple of butter-boards, such as are used in the shops to roll it into form, and a crock for the cream.

If Pearl had not met Mrs. Crocks at the corner, just before she took the street to the station, this would have been a different story.

In hot weather, instead of bringing the cream-crock into the kitchen it must be kept as cool as possible; for as it is essential in the winter to raise the temperature of the cream to the degree I have stated, so in the summer it must be lowered to it.

She arose and took the heavy crock out the hand of the boy.