School: Páirc an Éadain (Facefield)

Location:
Facefield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 181

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 181

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    churndash is given a rolling motion from side to side at the end of the churning.
    When the glass that is on the lid of the churn is clear the butter is made. When it is made there is hot water poured in first, then cold water. In winter time the hot water is needed to make the butter a little soft and in summer time the cold water is needed for making the butter hard. In lifting out the butter, the butter dish is rinsed first with hot water and then with cold water. It is then taken out with the butter spades and left into the butter dish, and made into a roll, with the butter spades, and sometimes made into prints. My grandmother nor grandfather or anyone in our house never heard of any local sayings
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Beatie Staid
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Staide
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo