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School: Bilboa (roll number 11331)

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Bilboa, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Muriel Collier
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0839, Page 142

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    water is poured in in order to lower the temperature.
    The butter is lifted of the milk into a butter tub by means of butter spades. Then it is thoroughly washed. Salt is then added. The salt is mixed through the butter with the spades.
    My parents usually churn.
    Strangers who come in during churning always help because they are said to "take" the butter if they do not take a dash.
    Churning takes from twenty minutes to half an hour.
    Buttermilk is used for baking purposes and for drinks for calves and young pigs.
    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
    Elizabeth Watchorn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Croghtenclogh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Sarah Watchorn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    56
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Croghtenclogh, Co. Kilkenny