School: Allenwood, Robertstown (roll number 1712)
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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- (continued from previous page)If two people were swopping things and if one of the articles was not as good as the other the person that owned the defaulting article would have to give something else. This was called "boot". Whit monday is a bad day for buying because if money is given out on that day it shall be given out every day until the next Whit Monday.
- One of the different kinds of bread made long ago was prácás. This was made from flour, peas, potatoes, and wet with butter-milk. When baked it was called "prácás loaf." Another sort was "Indian meal cake." Indian meal wetted with buttermilk, with salt, and soda, added and this cake was baked (with) on a tongs.
Oatmeal cakes were also made Pancakes were made on Shrove Tuesday and calcann on Hallow Eve.