School: Leixlip (C.) (roll number 2345)
- Location:
- Leixlip, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Mrs. Harty
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 265
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- (continued from previous page)Buttermilk is sold to the neighbours or given to calves and pigs.Carmel Cox
25th November 1938.
- "Churning"
We have a churn at home. It is fourteen years old. The sides are round and there is a handle on one side and when you twist the handle the dash inside turns round too. The top part is square and a lid goes on it. It stands on two legs on a table.In summer butter is made two or three times a week. In winter churning is done once a week, as it is hard to get the cream to ripen in the cold. My mother generally does the churning.When strangers come in they always take a hand at churning. There is a saying that they might take the butter of the churn if they did not churn for a while.The churning at home is done by hand, and the dash(continues on next page) - Collector
- Veronica Eiffe
- Gender
- Female
