School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 098

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 098

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    We know when it is churned by the way the butter gathers into peas and when the lid gets clean.
    We use the butter-milk for making bread and drinking and for feeding weanling calves.
    We churn about once a week.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Keadeen, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Joseph Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 49
    Address
    Keadeen, Co. Wicklow