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School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)

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Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhadagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 069

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    side of the churn, and it is worked by twisting it. The churning takes twenty or thirty minutes to make. We know the butter is made when the handle is stiff. Water is poured in during the progress to help the grains to form. We put a muslin cloth on a sieve and place the sieve on top of a bucket, and we lift the butter with the scoop into the sieve and strain it. Then place it on the butter worker and roll it six times and salt it. I know no sayings connected with churning. Butter milk is used for drinking and bread making.
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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
    Nora Enright
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skehanagh, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs Con Enright
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Skehanagh, Co. Limerick