School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 114
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- There was another kind of bread that was very common long ago - oaten bread.
They would get a plateful of oaten meal and a pinch of salt. They would mix that with "soft" water and turn it out on a table, and flatten it and round it with their hands. Rub a grain of dry meal on it to smooth it and whiten it. Then they used to bake it before the fire, standing against a "Grid Iron". (The Grid Iron was made of narrow pieces of iron, and a hoop at the back to keep it from falling)(This bread is still made in the district. All the Monedarragh school children eat oaten bread occasionally.)
- Informant
- Mrs Ross
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonca, Co. Longford
