School: Castleblayney (2) (roll number 10649)
- Location:
- Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: William Boyd
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 340
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- In olden times bread was made from wheat and oats grown locally and ground between two grindstones called querns. There was a grindstone in every farmer's house long ago. There were three kinds of bread made in olden times namely:- Oaten-bread, Wheaten-bread and potatoes. Oaten-bread is made from flour and water. weaten bread was made from weaten-meal and buttermilk, and potatoe-bread was made from cold potatoes, flour, and milk. Bread was made every day long ago.
A mark the shape of a cross was cut on top of the cake to let the steam out. The bread was made in pot-ovens long ago. People who have no ovens bake their bread in an Iron pot covered with red hot coals and ashes.
- Collector
- Fred Adair
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corragarta, Co. Monaghan
