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School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)

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Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 414

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1118, Page 414

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    and salt mixed together. Potato-bread was made from potatoes, milk and flour. Oatmeal bread was made from oatmeal, milk and flour. Milk and water were added in kneading. Some people made bread every day and some enough to last for a few days. There were no marks cut on the bread in olden times. In olden times people baked bread in ovens and in pots.
    Oatmeal-bread was baked in front of the fire standing against a griddle. The griddles were made of iron. Pancakes were made on Shrove Tuesday. A scone of flour bread was made for Christmas Day, New Year's Day and May Day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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