School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)
- Location:
- Irishtown, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Manus
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- The bread was made locally of wheat, corn, and oats, which were ground by grindstones or querns.
There were grindstones in this district they were derlict[?] for over twenty years.
The different kinds of bread were boxty bread, oaten cake, potato cake. There were two kinds of oaten bread made a pan cake and a griddle cake. Milk or water was used when kneading the bread.
Sometimes a griddle was not use they put the hard cake beside the fire with two nods of turf an iron stander to support it bread was made every during the[?] week.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maureen Hett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmacanelly, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Honor Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmacanelly, Co. Mayo