School: Cill Muire, Sixmilebridge
- Location:
- Cill Mhuire, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chonmara
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hand;it works end over end. There is a glass in the cover to which the cream sticks until the butter is made when it becomes clear. - Butter-milk was usually distributed among neighbours.The butter is made when it is hard to turn the handle.Hot water is often poured in when it is hard to be made.The water helps to make it.
When the butter is made a white linen cloth is placed over the top and the milk is separated from the butter,the milk is put into one basin and the butter into a tub.The butter is washed with pure spring water,two or three times to take the milk out of it.Then it is salted.The butter milk is used to make bread. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Miss L. Mac Namara
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Mhuire, Co. an Chláir