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School: Rathcormac (roll number 8463)

Location:
Rathcormack, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
M. Bean Uí Fhéinneadha
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  1. Churning (continued)

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    when it is shaped it is finished.
    Then the buttermilk is put into milk-pans for making bread and feeding pigs. After that the churn is washed with cold water first, because hot water will not take off buttermilk, and then it is rinsed with hot water, and left out to dry.
    When it is dry it is put away until the next churning day.
    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
    Chrisy Mullane
    Gender
    Male