School: Castleterra
- Location:
- Castleterra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Ciosóig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 061
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- (continued from previous page)the fire and before the iron is red the person who stole the butter will walk in.
Buttermilk is given to pigs and calves.
- We churn at home. The churn is three feet tall. The churn is two feet wide at the top. The churn is one foot and a half wide at the bottom. The sides of the churn are round. The churn is five years old. There is a little piece of wood cut out of the top of the churn.
If any person comes in when churning they help at the work. It takes an hour to do the churning. We churn dash is moved up and down. The people know when the churning is done when the churning dash is clean.
I know no story about butter making. The butter milk is gave to caves and pigs.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary A. Tully
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumohan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Kate Tully
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumohan, Co. Cavan
