School: Cumán an Lín
- Location:
- Commanealine, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seanán Mac Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0541, Page 37
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- (continued from previous page)“ made “ and the order was given to halt. If any body not of the family called while the churning was in progress e had always to take a hand - “ to make a “ dreas ? “ of the churn and leave the size of his head of butter behind in the barrel “. This was because there was a local belief (superstitious I suppose ) that the butter couldd be “ taken “ by a stranger who called and went away without lending a hand at the churning.
Immediately “ the churn was made “ the buttermilk was drawn from the churn by removing the stopper referred to after which the butter was extracted by using the “ skimmer “ a kind of “ wooden saucer “
The skimmer was also used to skim the cream off the milk after it had been(continues on next page)
