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School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 510

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    churn and then turn the handle and the dash will go around. When the butter is churned you notice that there is froth on the little glass and then you have to take out the butter with butter spades and put it into a crock. Then you wash the butter milk out of it and then put salt on it and make it into pounds or halfpounds or prints. Then it is left on a trencher in the dairy.
    The buttermilk is left in the churn and it is used for making bread and many other things.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Street, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    39