School: Headfort
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Miss J.E. Browne
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- When the churning was done the housewife gathered the butter off the top of the churn with a strainer and put it in a wooden dish which had been scoured with salt and boiling water. Water was then poured on it and the butter was "worked" with a butterspade. The buttermilk was in this way, washed out of the butter. The butter was then weighed and shaped into rolls on a butter-board.
- Collector
- Rita Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Stramatt, Co. Cavan
- My mother churns twice a week in Summer and once a week in Winter. She does not make butter for sale however. A few days before she churns she places the crocks of milk beside the fire so as to thicken them and to bring(continues on next page)
