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School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)

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Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Caitlín Knott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 081

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    harden for a few minutes - then they put it down and baked it on a bread-iron front of a fire. They baked every day.
    A cross was cut on the top of a cake. They mostly baked in an oven.
    Bread was often baked in front of the fire standing against a support. The support was called a "bread iron", it was made of iron and it was the shape of a horse shoe. Griddle bread was made.
    At Christmas and Easter they made a currant apple cake.
    I got this information from my father.
    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
    Annie Parke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lahard, Co. Leitrim