School: Baile Droichid, Cathair Dún Iascaigh (roll number 10533)
- Location:
- Ballydrehid, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 107
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- (continued from previous page)until the water gets clear, and all the butter milk is taken away. The butter is flattened out with a skimmer in the bottom of the cool and salt is shaken on it at the rate of 5%. She draws it again with a skimmer three or four times to mix the salt evenly. It is then packed into a firkin made of wood and sally hoops, a piece of parchment on the top, a timber lid put on, and then it is ready for the market.
- An old man named Edmond Brett lives in this district and he often told me stories about all the exploits he had when he was young. Here is one:-
One day his father killed a pig, salted it the evening after and put it in a barrel to cure. It was the custom in those days to hang the meat up in the chimney to dry. However the boys(continues on next page) - Collector
- Malachy Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Edmond Brett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cappauniac, Co. Tipperary
