School: An Clochán (roll number 1364)
- Location:
- An Clochán Beag, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seóirsín R. Middleton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1093, Page 239
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- ChurningWe have a churn at home. It is about 3 1/2 feet high and 1 1/2 feet broad. We churn once per week in winter time, and about twice per week in the summer time.
First the milk is gathered until it gets thick, and then it is churned. Nearly a full kettle of boiling water is put into it. It takes an hour to churn it. When it is churned the butter comes to the top. Then it is rinsed down with a pint "pandy" of cold water. The butter is lifted out of the churn with a strainer. It is well washed with water, then it is haired with the back of a knife. The salt is put on it and mixed through it by hand. It is made into maskins by butter boards. It is sold in the shops or else kept for use in the house. Butter milk is used for making bread; or as drinks for calves and pigs.
- Collector
- James Cunningham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ballybotemple, Co. Donegal
