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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 089

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    weather is warm, cold water does.
    Some milk takes three quarters of an hour to churn or more, according to the heat of the weather.
    There are two men or women at the dash,
    pulling it up and down till churned.
    When churned they take off the butter with a wooden plate into a trough, wash the milk clean out of it, then salt and wash it again. They then get the butter beaters and put it in rolls.
    If a person comes in while churning he has
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    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
    Tony Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Ellen Evans
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 70
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow