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School: Drong (roll number 15699)

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Drung, Co. Donegal
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Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 131

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    it is broken.
    When the milk is being churned for about half an hour longer it is then finished. My mother washes down the sides of the churn with water to take the milk and butter off the churn.
    Then the butter us lifted into a [?] by the aid of the churn-dash. After that it is lifted out of the churn with a butterspade and it is put into a butterdish. Then the butter is washed well to take out any of the milk that may be in it. It is then made up into half pound prints.
    Mary R. McGonagle,
    Drung N.S.
    Quigley's Point,
    Co. Donegal,
    3rd December, 1937.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary R. Mc Gonagle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal