School: Na Corráin (roll number 9938/9)

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1. Bread

   

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   Bread was made from wheat, oats and barley grown locally. Flour was made locally in olden times. Long ago querns were used for grinding all the grain. There were different kinds of bread made, for example potato bread, Boxty bread, Slap-Jacks, flour bread and meal bread. The ingredients used in making bread were flour, soda, salt, baking powder and these were wet with water or milk. Bread is usually made once a day.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trade
            1. buying and selling (~3,622)
   2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Con Hickey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Currans, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr Dan Hickey

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Currans, Co. Kerry

2. Buying and Selling

   

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   There were no country shops in olden times. People had to go to the nearest town to make purchases. Selling and buying was carried on after Mass. Buying + Selling is not allowed after Mass now. Flour and meal and groceries, drapery and drink were the articles sold in this way. Money was not always given for goods but labour was given in exchange. There were many words connected with buying and selling such as 'boot', 'tick' 'change', 'cant' etc.

   

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