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School: Bohermeen (roll number 3115)

Location:
Bohermeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0702, Page 011

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    put a handful of salt in peoples can's when they'd be getting buttermilk. She used to say it would keep the butter on the milk.
    There lives a woman round here and she used to go out on the 1st May early in the morning and tie wool all round the field where the cow was, to keep the butter on the milk.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Gibney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bohermeen, Co. Meath
    Informant
    C. Gibney
    Address
    Bohermeen, Co. Meath