School: Lacken and Leny (roll number 3244)

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1. Churning

   

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   The most common churn that is used in this district is an end over end churn. There are some dash churns used also. There is no particular day of the week to churn. Any strangers that come into the house while the churning is in progress they must help at the work because it is said if they leave without doing so they bring the butter with them and bring bad luck on the house. The churning takes about a quarter of an hour.
   When the cream is put into the churn it is kept twisted until the cream become into lumps. Then the butter is made. When the butter is made cold water is poured on the dash in order to get all the butter of the churn. Then it is lifted out with a saucer and made into pounds.

   

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2. Churning

   

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   There are various stories told in connection with the taking of butter. The following is one of them. Once there was a family of Murtaghs who lived in Boherquill, Streete, Co. Westmeath. Miss Rose Murtagh (deceased) told the story. She was about 13 when she told this story

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. butter and churns (~3,280)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Miss Rose Murtagh

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   18

   Address

   Ballymacallen, Co. Westmeath