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School: Ballyroebuck (roll number 12841)

Location:
Ballyroebuck, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Seán Diolúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 179

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  1. The Care of Milk

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    When the cows are milked the milk is seperated or left to settle. Then the milk is skimmed, and when the cream is thick it is put in the churn and churned. The milk is churned for about half-an-hour or more and then the butter comes on it. People wash the butter with cold water to get the milk out of it.
    Some of the butter is sold in the town and more of it is kept for the use of the house. The vessel on which the butter is made is called a keeler. The butter is made with two wooden bats. The churn is called an end-over-end or a dash-churn, and it is made from wood and hoops put around it to keep it together.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kate Lancaster
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraduff, Co. Wexford
    Collector
    Richard Lancaster
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curraduff, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Nellie Lancaster
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curraduff, Co. Wexford