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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0817, Page 157

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    butter away", that there will no butter come on the milk. Everybody that comes in takes a hand at the churning. Buttermilk is used for bread making. It is always the custom to take a drink of it after it is churned. Scalded butter milk is good for a cold. Buttermilk is also given to calves and pigs.
    Written by:- Bridget Guinan, Lumcloon, Cloghan, Offaly.
    Told by:- Mrs. Guinan (60)
    The Island, Cloghan, Offaly.
    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
    Bridget Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lumcloon, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mrs Guinan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60