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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 412

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    The bread was made locally of wheat, corn, and oats, which were ground by grindstones or querns.
    There were grindstones in this district they were derlict[?] for over twenty years.
    The different kinds of bread were boxty bread, oaten cake, potato cake. There were two kinds of oaten bread made a pan cake and a griddle cake. Milk or water was used when kneading the bread.
    Sometimes a griddle was not use they put the hard cake beside the fire with two nods of turf an iron stander to support it bread was made every during the[?] week.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Hett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacanelly, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Honor Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacanelly, Co. Mayo