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School: Carrowan (roll number 9577)

Location:
Carrowen, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Donnchadh Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 74

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 74

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  1. Bread (continued)

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    them They also made stampy bread and oaten meal bread. How they made the oaten meal bread was this. The mixed the oaten meal and salt in a basin and rolled it out on the table till it was firm and (hard) thin and they put it on a griddle before the fire till it hardened. They baked as much bread on one day as would do them for a week.
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  2. Clothes Made Locally

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    (There are many women tailors in this locality. There are three women tailors in it)
    There are no tailors in this district only dressmakers. There are tailors in Derry and there is a tailor above Newtowncunningham. These tailors do all their work at home and they do not travel. When people want anything tailored with the tailors they go to them and they take
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mulleny, Co. Donegal