School: Gallbhaile (roll number 1316)
- Location:
- Galbally, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Mícheál L. Mac Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)to finish the churning quickly. There is a little glass in the lid of the churn and when this glass is clear the churning is finished. The butter is then taken out and put in a keeler. It is then washed a couple of times to take the milk out of it. Then it is salted and made up or packed.The butter-milk is used for making bread. A drink of boiled butter-milk is very good for a cold.If a person comes into a house when the churning is going on he should take a turn to assure the owner that the butter would not be "taken" by the visitor.
It was believed that certain people had a magic power to "take" the butter. - In this locality most people churn in the same way. The churn is made like a barrel turned by a handle. There is a small round glass in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Galbally, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mrs M. Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Galbally, Co. Wexford