School: Coillte Bó (roll number 15984)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   away any milk on May Day. In the Summer season the churning is made in half an hour as the weather is very warm, but in Winter it takes an hour because the weather is cold. Our churning is always done by hand. When the churning is being made the churn-dash is given a rolling motion from side to side in order to gather the butter. All people know when the churning is made, because the churn-dash comes up out of the milk clean as if it had not been in milk because the butter washes the milk off it. When the churning is started, there is always hot water put into it in order to heat the milk. When it is nearly finished cold water is put in to gather the butter. This is done only in Winter. In Summer cold water

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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

   Nora Mc Nicholas

   Address

   Curneen, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Nicholas

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Curneen, Co. Mayo