School: Ráth na Loch (C.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 17000)
- Location:
- Ranalough, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Aodhgáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 126
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- (continued from previous page)sides of the churn were round. The various parts of the churn were a churn staff, churn cup, and a churn lid.The butter was made twice a week in Summer, and once a week in Winter. If a stranger went into the house while the churning was going on he should put the "size of his head" in the churn, that is he should take a hand at the churn, as people were afraid they might carry the butter.When the cream started to break they threw a little cold water into the churn to wash it. Then the butter was taken out bit by bit and put into a tub and washed several times to make it clean. Then it was salted with the hands and a wooden "skimin". The buttermilk was drank and was sometimes given to pigs to drink.There was a woman making butter for two days and they had'nt as much butter as you would put on a cut of bread because there was a bad neighbour who took away the butter with "pisoga".
- Collector
- Mary Kerrisk
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killeentierna, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mrs M. Kerrisk
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Killeentierna, Co. Kerry
