School: Baile Ruadh (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Ballyroe, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0013, Page 312
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- (continued from previous page)Bhúrca go raibh comhnuidhe air í Mainistear Eóghain agus a fúair bás 40 blían ó shoin in aois 72 blíana.In olden times bread was made from oats grown locally. The oats was first brought to a quern and made into oaten meal from which bread was made called oaten-bread and it was baked on a griddle and sometimes it was baked standing supported by a couple sods of turf in front of the fire.
The other sorts of bread made at that time were Potatoe-cake and Boxty.
The Boxty was made by peeling raw potatoes and grating them into a basin with what was called a Boxty scraper.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eilís de Búrca
- Other names
- Eilís de Búrca
- Lizzie Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monasterowen, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Pádhraic de Búrca
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 72
- Address
- Williamstown, Co. Galway
