School: An Corr Dubh (roll number 14339)
- Location:
- Corduff, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Giolla'n Átha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 584
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- (continued from previous page)about three quarters of an hour. The work is done by hand. The churn dash is moved up and down until the little lumps of butter come on top of the milk. During the process hot and cold water are poured into the milk to a certain temperature. The water is put in in order to bring the milk to a certain temperature. After the butter is taken out it is salted and placed in a pail and made into bars. It is said that if a man came in during the churning and put a piece of a coal in his pipe he would bring the butter with him. In order to get the butter back a coal must be taken from the fire of him who took the butter, by the person from whom the butter was taken.
- Informant
- John Doorigan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Gortnacamdarragh, Co. Leitrim
