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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 395

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    were used was flour, aotmeal, salt, soda, and water.
    There was no milk used. Bread was baked daily. The people used to put the shape of a ross on top of the cake when made.
    The names of the vessels that baked those were oven, pan and griddle.
    Oaten bread was baked standing against a support in front of the fire. The name of the support was a sod of turf and sometimes a gridiron. The gridiron was made of wood and an iron hoop for the bread to stand on. The people baked flour-bread on a griddle.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo