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School: Baile Deasún (C.)

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Ballydesmond, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 558

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    or if they do not they are said to carry as much butter as would be as big as their head. The old say-ing is when the visitor would come in the people of the house would say "put the big of your head in it." When the butter is made the butter milk is taken out. Water is poured in and the butter is washed. When the butter is washed well it is taken out in a clean oak tub and salted then it is made up in pound and sold at the market.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Clare Riordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockavoreen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    James Riordan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockavoreen, Co. Cork