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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 137

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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.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisduff, Co. Cavan