School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Eas Géitine, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 306
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- ChurningVery few people in these districts do their own churning nowadays. All the farmers send their milk to the local creamery. The churn used is about one foot and a half high and about one foot based. It is like a circle placed on a base with an spining on the top, and in the inside the beaters are like those of a windmill. The "top" is taken off the milk every day and put aside in a basin, then when enough is collected it is put into the churn and churned. It takes about one and a half before the cream is turned into butter. There is water left when the butter is made, it is a mixture of milk and water this is called "Butter Milk". In America the Limerick exiles are called the "Buttermilk Drinkers".
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- Collector
- Daniel Ivess
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Chraig Mhór, Co. Luimnigh
- Informant
- James Ivess
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- An Chraig Mhór, Co. Luimnigh
