School: Sixmilebridge (C.)
- Location:
- Six-mile-bridge, Co. Clare
- Teacher: M. J. Walker
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0596, Page 447
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- We have a churn at home. Its parts are the handle the beaters and the screw. Churning is done more often in Summer than in Winter. When the cream is put into the churn it is covered and the beaters are worked by the handle. Then the cream is splashed by the beaters and they help to make the butter. There is usually a piece of glass on the side of the churn to tell when the cream is cracked.
Then a small quantity of water is added to help to collect the butter. When the butter is gathered in the churn it is taken out with a wooden strainer. The buttermilk is left in churn. Then the butter is well washed with plenty water until there is no sign of milk left in it. Then it is salted in a tub or butter-washer. One ounce of salt goes to every pound of butter. It is rolled round several times with the butter-washer, and then it is made(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloghlea, Co. Clare
