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School: Ferbane (Convent)

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Ferbane, Co. Offaly
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Sr. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0813, Page 450

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    the top of them and when the glass gets clean they know the churning is done. When the butter gathers on the top of the milk the churning is also done. The buttermilk is taken out of the churn and put in buckets. The butter is taken out with "patties" then and made into pound rolls. It is put in butter paper then.
    The buttermilk is used for making cakes. Some people used it for drinking.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Josephine Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ferbane, Co. Offaly