School: Edmondstown (C.)
- Location:
- Edmondstown, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Bean Nic an tSamhraidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0797, Page 89
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- The bread that was eaten in this district long ago was brown bread, rusks, made from bran which were hard wheaten bread, made from wheaten meal and a small amount of flour. A lot potato cakes were eaten also. When flour was scarce rye put in bread to save flour, and that made the bread black. There was a flour mills in a field which Lindens own now.
A man named Norton, who lived in Templeogue village had a machine which consisted of two flat stones and a handle with a hole down one stone. The corn was put down the hole, and the stone beat against it, and ground it. and a slot was pulled back, and the corn fell into a sort of iron cask, and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Holmes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyboden, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr M. Hayden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Woodtown, Co. Dublin
