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School: Tullyvin

Location:
Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 353

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 353

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    wards while churning and gets a rolling motion from side to side while gathering the butter. The people know when the butter is made when it comes up on the dash and gathers in small lumps on the lid. Water is poured in during the process to heat the milk. The butter is lifted out with a strainer then washed and salted, then washed again in spring water. Then clapped together with butter boards to take out any small drops of water that are inside. There are certain people, that other people, do not like to see coming to the house while churning is going on. The buttermilk is used for making bread, for drinking and for feeding cattle.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerard Benedict Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Long, Co. Cavan