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School: Drumcormack (roll number 13201)

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Drumcormick, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0311

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    not fully boiling is poured into the churn to keep up the temperature. Then towards the end cold water is put in to help to stiffen the butter. When churned the butter floats in a mass on the top of the milk. It I then taken off with a trencher and put into a large dry wooden dish. Then clean water is poured around it, and it's rinsed three or four times until the water comes clear.
    Then for fear of hairs being in the butter, a knife is rapidly passed through it backwards and forwards for nine of ten times. This being done, it is salted rinsed again and made into fancy rolls and prints.
    In olden times when
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    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
    Ambrose Breheny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bricklieve, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Breheny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bricklieve, Co. Sligo