School: Virginia (C )

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs B. Farrelly
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    degrees, it is fit for churning and if it is not more water is poured in.
    The dash is moved from side to side to gather the butter. When the butter is all gathered on the churn and when the milk is clear the butter is made. The butter is lifted from the churn with a strainer into a tub, and the milk is washed out of it with cold water, then there is salt mixed in it and it is washed again.
    Then it is weighed into lbs, and if it is going to be sold it is prepared with butter paper.
    Churns are generally three feet long and two feet wide at the top and bottom. There is a churn in my Grannie's. The sides
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
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    English