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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 091

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 091

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    do them for the next day.
    It was made by having two stones on top of each other and there was a handle which they twisted to make the stones move. It is nearly like an oats crusher except that in an oats crucher the stones are beside each other and in the grinding stone the stones are on top of each other.
    Marks cut on cakes.
    Marks were cut on the cakes so that they could break the cake in quarters.
    Vessel in which baked.
    In a griddle the cakes were mostly baked. The oaten cakes were baked on the grid iron. Others put four sods of turf near the fire, three on top of each other and one flat. Then they put the cake standing near it.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Haverty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Haverty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Springlawn, Co. Galway