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Bog Butter

Bog Butter: Returning to Tradition

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
August / September 2017

August 1, 2017 by 1 Comment

In June, Brian Kaller walked to the edge of the Bog of Allen, just behind his house in County Kildare, took 100 paces forward, 100 paces to the right, and began to look for a bright blue rope he had tied to a tree 17 months earlier. It took him two tries, but he eventually spotted the rope through the overgrown surface of the bog and started digging. After about five feet, he … [Read more...] about Bog Butter: Returning to Tradition

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