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School: Naomh Baoithin, Tullydish (roll number 3160)

Location:
Tullydush Upper, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 78

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    Breadmaking
    We buy all the flour we use in John McLaughlins Grocer shop in Buncrana. We usually buy the flour in eight stone bags and take it home in the cart. The eight stone bag of flour lasts us for about two weeks. The mill in Buncrana that makes the flour is called Swan's Mill because the owner is Thomas Swan.
    My mother bakes all the bread used in our house and she bakes in in the form of scons. it takes about two bowl-fulls of flour to bake a scon. She puts two teaspoon-full of soda into the flour also and about the same amount of salt and about
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Owen Barr
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gransha, Co. Donegal