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   In former times people used different bread than of now-a-days. They usually made the bread from corn or wheat. They also made boxty bread, oaten meal bread and potato cake. This kind of bread is also made in the district to-day, as they require little flour.

   The boxty bread was made by scraping the washed and peeled potatoes into a linen cloth. This was then squeezed into a basin and substance which was known as the starch of the potato was kept. A pound of flour was then mixed along with it and also salt and soda and buttermilk. All these were mixed and then baked.

   The potato cake was made from cooked potatoes peeled and this also required a pound of flour and a little salt. They were then mixed and in former times the people had an implement for making the cake flat and to-day they do that with a bottle.

   The oaten cake was made of about two ounces of oat meal and a little flour and about an cup of milk and sometimes water. The bread was very seldom baked in an oven. The people in olden

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Bhriain

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Lurgan, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Henry O' Brien

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Lurgan, Co. Mayo