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School: Caisleán Gearr

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An Caisleán Gearr, Co. Galway
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Liam Ó Maolmhuidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0030, Page 061

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    Bread.
    Bread was made of wheaten-meal long ago. The people ground the wheat by means of a quern.
    The quern was made up of two round flat sided stones. There was a hole in the middle of one of them. The stone without the hole was stuck in the group so that it could not be moved. Then the other stone was placed on top of it. One person caught hold of the top stone and spun it round while another person dropped corn into the hole. IN this way the corn was crushed. John Ryan of Castlgar has one of these querns but he never uses it. It was last used fifty years ago.
    The bread was usually baked on a griddle.
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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
    Nóra Breathnach
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Caisleán Gearr, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Neillí Ní Griallghais
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    An Caisleán Gearr, Co. Galway