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School: Carrickallen

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Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
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A. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 228

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 228

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    of coming to take the butter away.
    The time taken to churn is about half an hour.
    If the churning is not progressing satisfactorily boiling water is poured in to raise the temperature of the milk.
    When butter comes on the top of the milk the churning is done.
    Then the butter is lifted off the milk and it is put into a a vessel.
    Then the buttermilk is washed out of the butter and the butter is salted and made into rolls.
    The buttermilk is taken with porridge and it is used to make bread and it is given to pigs and calves.
    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
    John Olwill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumcalpin, Co. Cavan