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School: Cullahill (C.), Rathdowwney (roll number 13137)

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Cullahill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Mrs Baird
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    thirst, it is excellent when scalded for a cold. It is also an aid to beauty.
    "Oatmeal, buttermilk and tansy white
    Will make any yellow woman white" so says the old proverb.
    Sometimes a churn can be made quickly, at other times a considerable length of time is spent while making it. If any stranger enters while the churning is going on, he is asked "to take a hand". If he does not do so, it is said that he wishes to take the butter with him. When the buttermilk is strained off, the butter is washed, salted and made into nice neat rolls.
    Everyone salts the butter to his or her own taste, while some of it is sold as unsalted butter. 7-6-'38
    Nora Duggan,
    Cullohill,
    Rathdowney,
    Leix
    Material supplied by
    Ned Walsh, (Farmer) 25 years
    Ballykealy,
    Durrow.
    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
    Nora Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cullahill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Ned Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    25
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballykealy, Co. Laois