School: Bearna na Gaoithe, Carraig na Siúire
- Location:
- Windgap or Ardmore, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Cáit Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)and twisted round until the cream turned into butter.
Then the butter milk was taken off and the butter washed in different waters and salted. In the winter when the milk was scarse people used to put a small quantity of cream in a gallon or tea pot and rattle round until the butter was formed then it was washed and salted.
