School: Sruth Nua

Location:
Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Brún
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    is made you rinse the butter down of the sides of churn with spring water and rock it for a few minutes
    Then yu take it out into a wooden dish and keep washing it till all the butter-milk is rinsed away out of the butter and then you put fine salt into it and make it into a big roll.
    If a friend comes in he has to take his churn because if he goes out he would bring the butter with him. People say special prayers over the churn and put a coal under their churns.
    Mary Hogan
    Newbrook, Taugheen,
    Claremorris.
    Got from Mrs John Hogan, (48)
    Newbrook,
    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
    Mary Hogan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs John Hogan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo