School: An Cheapach (roll number 14508)
- Location:
- Cappagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh G. Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0137
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- (continued from previous page)Before putting a cake in the oven, the old women always put a cross on the cake. This was done to bless the bread, The old people believed it was not right to drive a knife into a cake of bread. It is recorded, that a man once plunged a knife, in derision, into a cake & that blood issued forth. ------------------------The old women, also made bread out of " [?] ". It was made in the following way. A few cupfuls of oatmeal were put to soak in some water in a crock. Some clean straw was obtained, and placed on top. A weight was then placed over all. It was left thus for at least three days, in order to get sour. it was then fit for making bread.
- Collector
- Seosamh G. Ó Cléirigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Ballygar, Co. Galway
