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School: Tuairín Chathail (C.) (roll number 11181)

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Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0453, Page 170

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    The different kinds of bread used in this district in olden times were stampy, oatenmeal bread and yellow meal bread. The oatenmeal bread was made from oats grown locally. About sixty years ago the people used querns to grind the oatenmeal. They consisted of two flat flags on one the oats was placed and the other placed down on it, and the oats was ground by twisting a handle. That oaten flour was used for making
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Bridget Sheehan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Tooreencahill, Co. Kerry