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1. Churning

   

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   Churning is a work which is done in most houses either by hand or by machine. I shall now describe the churning by hand.
   When the woman comes in after milk the cows she strains the milk and leaves it in a crock till it thickens. When it is thick enough she puts it into a churn in the pantry and heats it with some warm water. The heat is regulated by a thermometer or by drinking some of the milk out of a saucer. Then a churn dash is put into the churn. A churndash is a long wooden pole with a round piece of wood at the end of it full of holes. A woman works it up and down through the milk and when she is doing so she is said to be giving it a brash. It is a custom with anybody who comes into a house and finds a woman churning to say "Good luck to the work."
   When the woman has churned till the butter comes to the top she

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