School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 04_038
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- (continued from previous page)cornered dash. The milk is put into the churn and the woman puts on a white apron and starts to churn. After a quarter of an hour boiling water is put into the milk.
After an hour the churning is finished. After-wards the butter dish, spades and scoop are scoured with salt and boiling water. Then the butter maker washes her hands with hot water and soap and Oat-meal and takes out the butter with the scoop into a dish. She washes it twice with spring water to remove all the butter-milk. She puts salt in proportion to the amount of butter. The salt is thoroughly(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prison North, Co. Mayo
