School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)
- Location:
- Aughrim, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0029, Page 0412
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- (continued from previous page)little glass is clear. My mother takes out the butter with two butter-pats. The butter is put into a wooden bowl, and salt is put through it. It is rinsed three times in cold water until there is not a trace of milk through the butter. It is then taken out of the bowl, and fixed and decorated with the butter-pats.The butter-milk is taken out of the churn then. Sgáiltin and gruel are made with the butter-milk, and of course bread is made with it. Sgáiltin is good for a cold and for a sore throat. We churn once a week in summer, and twice a week in Winter.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caroline Larkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curragh, Co. Galway
