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    if it was excellent he put an "S" on the top of the butter. This meant superfine. If it was good he put one stroke on it and this firkin was called a first. If it had a fault he put two strokes and so on.
    In those days people in this locality made a firkin of butter on each cow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnie Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraghan, Co. Leitrim