School: Killea (roll number 3219)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   to churn. If there is no milk or butter on the dash then the milk is churned. She takes off the lid and washes it with spring water. She takes out the dash and washes it also. She gets a basin a butter spade adn a butter strainer and washes them with boiling water.She takes off the butter with the strainer and leaves it in the basin. She puts salt on the butter and mixes them with the "joggler." Then she divides the butter in to parts and makes prints of them with a "printer" and a butter shade. The butter is ready for use then.

   

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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

   Brigid Mc Gourty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Mrs M. Mc Gourty

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lugasnaghta, Co. Leitrim