School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)
- Location:
- Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
- Teachers: M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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- We have a churn at home and churn once a week. It is an end-to-end churn and it was bought in 1916. When we are churning we scald the churn first with boiling water then put in some cold water then put in some cold water and leave it in it for 10 minutes then take it out and put in the milk.
Then keep on churning until you see the glass clear. The glass is on the lid and is about the size of a half a crown. The we separate the buttermilk from the butter. We take the buttermilk out of the churn and put salt on it. Then my mother makes it up into lbs with hands and weight it. My Mammy won the championship for butter at Ballybridge in 1933. The churn is 5 high countaing stand and all.Nearly every farmer has a churn and there are many old ones. All the old churns were called dash churns and they were very good.
We have an old churn made of wood but the handle is made of steel. There is four legs under it, and they are made of wood, but there is iron on them too.
My sister used to churn every day, but(continues on next page)
