School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)

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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   until the water gets clear, and all the butter milk is taken away. The butter is flattened out with a skimmer in the bottom of the cool and salt is shaken on it at the rate of 5%. She draws it again with a skimmer three or four times to mix the salt evenly. It is then packed into a firkin made of wood and sally hoops, a piece of parchment on the top, a timber lid put on, and then it is ready for the market.

   

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   An old man named Edmond Brett lives in this district and he often told me stories about all the exploits he had when he was young. Here is one:- One day his father killed a pig, salted it the evening after and put it in a barrel to cure. It was the custom in those days to hang the meat up in the chimney to dry. However the boys

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Malachy Brett

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Edmond Brett

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Address

   Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary