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School: Glynn (C.) (roll number 4602)

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Glynn, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Giolla Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0883, Page 444

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  1. Churning (continued)

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    half pounds, and placed in a cool place ready for the market. The buttermilk is used for baking purposes.
    By scalding butter and putting a lump of butter and sugar in it and taking it before going to bed at night is supposed to be a great cure for hoarseness or a sore throat.
    Fresh buttermilk is a very nice drink.
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  2. Churning

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    We have a churn at home. There are different kinds of churns, but ours is a cylinder churn, that is one with beaters inside of it. A handle is connected with the beaters through a hole in the side that turns the beaters and they turn the cream. The churn is circular with two flat sides and a lid on top through which the cream is
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Wheeler
    Gender
    Female