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School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

Location:
Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 436

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    scald their hands with hot water to keep the butter from sticking to their hands.
    The women weigh the butter on scales. So that they have no bother when the go to sell it.
    The scales are made of iron with wooden plates on them to put the butter on.
    There are only two wooden plates one for the half pound weight and the other for the butter.
    It is only weighed in half pounds weights.
    Some of the churns are smaller and some bigger than others.
    Some of them are only made to hold four cows' milk.
    When the butter is taken off the milk.
    Some people churn it over a second time so that they would get all the butter.
    This milk is used for baking bread and the rest is used to give the pigs and small calves.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sandie Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal