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School: Broca

Location:
Brockagh Lower, Co. Leitrim
Teachers:
T. Ó Chioráin S. Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0198, Page 451

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  1. Churning

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    We have a churn at home and it is about three feet high. The parts of a churn are the lid the dash and the joggler. It takes an hour to churn and sometimes some of the neighbours come in and help with it. When you are a little while churning there is water poured into the milk and then after a while there comes butter on the lid. Then there is more water poured into it to wash all the butter down into the churn. The things that are used for making off the butter as the strainer and the mixer. The strainer is used for lifting out the butter out of the churn. Then there is salt put into it and it is mixed up with the mixer. Then it is put on a dish and is left in the dairy until it is ready for use.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Cole
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Roo, Co. Cavan