School: Coillidh Críon (Killycreen) (roll number 8274)
- Location:
- Kilcreen, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 166
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remains in the butter is poured back into the churn. Then the butter is washed with cold water and then the hairs are removed with a knife.
Sometimes the butter with the hairs in it is stuck on the wall, to be used later for cart grease or for shoes. Salt is added and allowed sometime to disolve.
Afterwards the butter is made into lumps or prints and sometimes sold in the local shops. The buttermilk is used for household purposes principally for baking Where there are large quantities of it, it is fed to calves.
Margaret Durnion
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- Collector
- Margaret Durnion
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newmill, Co. Dhún na nGall