School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 100
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- Bread in olden times was made from wheat and oats grown locally. That which was made from oats was called oaten bread and that from wheat wholemeal bread. The former was kneaded with water and the latter with milk. Grinding stones were used in every farmers house. Potato cakes were often made and the vessel in which the bread was baked was called a pot-oven but oaten bread was baked on a griddle.
- In olden times shops were not as common as they are now and people had to go into the local towns to purchase their goods. People who came to Mass to the towns and villages always did their shopping on Sunday. It is thought unlucky to buy or sell cattle on Sunday. Long ago markets were held in the villages of Freshford, Ballyragget and Durrow but they are discontined.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Michael Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
