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1. Churning

   

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   We have a silender churn at home. It was bought seventeen years ago in Carrickmacross. My mother does the churning. The parts of the churn are the lid, the dash, the spades, the handle and screws. This is the way the churning is done. The milk is skimmed every day, and the cream is stored in a crock, till the crock is full. Then it is churned. At first it is churned quickly and towards the end it is churned slowly. When the cream in the churn is cold, hot water is added to it, and when it gets hot cold water is added to it. The way we know when the churning is done is by the noise of it. When the butter is gathered on the butter milk, it is taken up with the spades on to a butter plate and salt is mixed with it. Bread is made with the butter-milk + it is also given to the pigs.
   Once upon a time there lived a man in this district names Red Johnie from the cross. He had a few cows but in the morning they would have no milk. He knew that somebody was taking the milk on him. He said he would have to do something about the matter for he had to buy all the butter, because

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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

   Agnes Donegan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs William Donegan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 40

   Address

   Castletown, Co. Meath