School: An Clochar, Crossmolina (roll number 14728)
- Location:
- Crossmolina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: An tSr. Antoine
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- (continued from previous page)Porridge was made by putting meal into boiling water and boiling for twenty minutes. Wooden mugo were used as drinking vessels.
Sally Fox - Wheaten bread and oaten meal bread were eaten long ago, but their principal food was potatoes. These they ate three times daily.
Oaten-meal cake was a dainty, eaten at Christmas or at any other big festival. This bread was made on a board the meal was mixed with water but very often with buttermilk. It was placed on a pan beside the fire. It was baked shortly.- Collector
- Margaret Mulhern
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossmolina, Co. Mayo