School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_074
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- (continued from previous page)in times gone by, but this custom is not so rigidly observed now.
A churning takes about 1 hour; but some milk is easily churned and will not take a whole hour. When the butter is made little bumps are seen on the dash and lid and sides of the churn. These are rinced down into the milk by pouring a small quantity of water on them.
Long ago the butter was lifted out of the churn with a wooden cup, but now it is lifted with a long-handled strainer. The butter is then washed three times in a wooden dish and is pressed and mixed with a pair of wooden butter spades. When all(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
