School: Dún an Ochta (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Eyrecourt, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Mac a' Bhuidhe Úna Ní Laighidh
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- (continued from previous page)cut into sections, and baked likewise on the griddle. This was not as heavy as the "boxty-bread".A Cross was usually marked on top of the cake - the cross being a sign of luck. Sometimes a boiled potato was broken up through the flour, as a means of stretching the flour, and it gave a nice tast.The bread was baked in the "oven-pot", called the bastable in a few places. (I have heard "bastable" used commonly in parts of Cork). The "griddle" was the usual mode of baking. The steam could escape and therefore it was very wholesome bread. This griddle was placed on a triangle at the side, or in front of the fire on the hearth, and coals placed under it. There were two handles attached to it. There is a very old griddle at "Mrs Lindsays", Eyrecourt. It has been in the family from the seven generations, and is over 400 years old. She still uses it, but it is now very much worn but still bakes good bread.
