School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)
- Location:
- Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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Written by Tessie McLoughlin, Killadiskert.
We do not send the milk to the creamery but we churn it ourselves. At first we scald the churn with boiling water. This is done to prevent the butter from sticking to the edges of the churn. Then we pour the thick milk from the crock into the churn. Then we scald the dash and the dabbler. We put the dash into the churn and then we put the lid on the churn and then we slip the dabbler down the dash and we put it on the lid. Then we get the churn-cloth and we put it around the top of the churn. When we have all ready we start to churn. We pull the dash up and down until we get the milk to break. To make it break easily we put very hot water on it. The breaking of the milk means the taking of the butter from the milk. When the butter is made we wash all things we used. Then we take off the butter with a butter strainer. We put the butter on to the tensor and we salt it. The butter is then ready for use. Some people do the churning with churning machines. The churning machines are drawn by asses. The milk is churned in the dairy
- Collector
- Tessie Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
