School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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1. Festival Customs (continued)

   

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   in the country houses. On New Years Eve people sing out the old year and welcome the New Year.

   

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2. Bread

   

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   Long ago the old people lived on boxty bread. They also used oatmeal cakes and griddle cakes. The oatmeal cake was made with water and baked on a spit before the fire. The querns were used for grinding the oats before it was used. The sign of the cross is cut on the top of the cake to let out the air. For a feast oatmeal cake and boxty bread were made Stampy bread was another variety used which was made of sugar, butter and the finest of flour according to "Dr" Charles Reynolds of Esker.

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   Topics

   1. táirgí
      1. táirgí bia (~3,601)
         1. arán (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Minnie Maxwell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Bléan Choilleadh, Co. Liatroma

   Informant

   Mrs Maxwell

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   46

   Address

   Bléan Choilleadh, Co. Liatroma

3. Local Place Names

   

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   Gubagraphy is the townland in which I reside. It was so called because it is the peak of the bogs. In this townland there are

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