School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 161
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- We have a churn at home. It is four feet high including the stand. The churn is in the shape of a barrel and is called an end-over-end churn. We have it about twenty five years and it is still in good form. We church twice every week. It takes about half an hour to churn. The cream is poured into the churn and is churned for about five and then a pint of boiling is poured in on top of cream. It is then churned for about twenty minutes. Cold water is then poured in to gather the butter. The butter is taken out of the churn on a wooden plate and is washed in a dish of clear spring water. Salt is then mixed in the butter to put a nice taste on it. The water is clapped out of the butter with clappers. The butter is clapped into rools about one pound weight. It is said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Noel O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
