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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0801, Page 215

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0801, Page 215

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    the butter. It is taken off with a wooden scoop or a trencher. Then it is put in the butter tub and washed until it is free from milk. Then it is salted and washed again and then clapped and made into rolls. It is then ready for use or for sale.
    The buttermilk is given to pigs or calves or for making bread. It is very wholesome to drink.
    It is said that if you churn on May day you will have butter all the year round.
    (1938- aged 14.) Maureen Nolan. (Garr.)
    In Groomes of Knockdrin on May-day the plough-chains were bound round the milk churn while the churning was being done.
    (John Groome)
    No milk would be given out of a house on May-day
    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
    Maureen Nolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Garr, Co. Offaly