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School: Blacklion

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Blacklion, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
F. Johnston
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0962, Page 246

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    on top of the milk in lumps and the milk appears bluish. My mother puts the butter into a wooden dish, washes it with cold water, several times, to get all the milk out of it, then she puts in salt and mixes it perfectly and last of all she makes it into rolls, and then it is ready for use. We use the buttermilk for mixing bread, and give some of it to the calves.
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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
    Rupert Elliott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullaghbane, Co. Fermanagh
    Informant
    Mrs Elliott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullaghbane, Co. Fermanagh