School: Kilmurry (C.) (roll number 10395)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Mrs Ellen Mary O' Connor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0448, Page 390
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“The people of long ago used always sell firkins of butter.”
(continued from previous page)four hours to ripen according to the weather. Even in the olden days they had all the necessaries as good as they have nowadays. They used skim the cream in to a cream tub with a skimmer. The cream tub would have a timber peg called a "stupped" for leaving out the whey from the bottom of the cream. The cream would then be churned into butter after so many days.
- Collector
- Maureen Kelliher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardnagragh, Co. Kerry