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School: Newtown, Borris

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Newtown, Co. Carlow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 557

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    also. Then it is salted, and pressed with a spade, and made in a roll fit for the market. Sometime ago people used to get lumps of butter hanging outside on the windows, and they would believe that other people would be taking their butter.
    It is said to redden an iron and put it under the churn, in the way no one could take their butter. Easter Saturday is supposed to be a good to make a churn.
    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 Clear
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Harristown, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Thomas Clear
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Harristown, Co. Carlow