Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-08-08 | Page 7 | Butter Buried in Peat in Ireland

B Butter Buried in I Peat in In n Ireland A garment dating from the bronze ronze age discovered by peat cut a few few feet below the surface of a Swedish fen ten has come out ip- ip tact thanks to the soil solI In which it was found The preservative powers of peat soil have long been recognized by the Irish so much so that at one time It was their to bury butter during the summer summer summer sum sum- mer for use In winter In 1906 some men cutting cutting- turf near Killucan found a tub containing about two hundredweight of or butter burl burled buried d deep In a bog From Prom the style In which the tub was made It was vas surmised that the butter was more than years yet It was not quite uneatable though somewhat rancid Similar deposits have been found in other parts of Ireland some wrapped in cloth which on exposure exposure exposure expo expo expo- sure sure to t the e a air r crumbled led to dust