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School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 105

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    top of the milk. Some people put a strainer down in the churn and if the flakes of butter can be lifted up in it the butter is made then. The butter is taken with butter spades. It is left on a big dish and it is salted. Then it is made into a roll or prints. The buttermilk is used for making cakes of bread. ~Some of it is given in pigs. There was no story in the district about making a churning.
    Information from: Mary Lyons
    Belisker,
    Brickens,
    Claremorris.
    Collector: James Lyons
    Belisker,
    Brickens,
    Claremorris.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Gilmore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brickeens, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Gilmore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brickeens, Co. Mayo