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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   first. Then hot water is added. The lid is then put on and the churning is commenced. If the temperature is low, boiling water is added, and if it is too high, soft water is added. When the people think the churning is done, they raise up the dash and they know by the grains of butter whether it is done or not.
   When the churning is done the butter collects on the top of the milk. It is then lifted off with a hair sieve. The butter is then washed in cold spring water twice. It is then weighed and fit to be sold.
   An old saying is "Long churning makes bad butter". The buttermilk is used for making bread, feeding pigs, and calves, and when boiled with sugar is a good remedy for a cold.
   Long ago milk was taken away by witchery. When people came to steal they changed themselves into small animals such as hares. The milk of a man's cows named Armstrong of Tinternagh, Bailieboro Co. Cavan was taken away. This was always done on the 1st May morning and when he went to the cows they had no milk.
   He went to a woman in

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Conlon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mullaghavally, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Mrs Bernard Conlon

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullaghavally, Co. Meath