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1. Churning (continued)

   

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   the iron hoops are painted black.
   Before the churning starts, the churn and churn-dash are well cleaned and then rinsed with boiling water. The cream is poured into the churn. Then the dash is inserted and the lid is put on, the handle of the dash coming up through a hole in the lid.
   The person who churns catches hold of the dash and beats it down on the milk continuously until the butter comes on the milk. The butter is then taken off the milk and salted. The butter-milk is used for making home made bread, and for feeding calves and pigs.
   In our home, we churn once a week as wee send our milk to the creamery. In olden times people churned all the milk, and there were many superstitions with regard to churning. It was believed that certain people were able to steal butter from the churn by witch-craft. To prevent there butter from been stolen, people had recourse to many superstitious customs: - If any body entered the house while

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Benson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cross, Co. Sligo