School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)
- Location:
- Ballyfin, Co. Laois
- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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- (continued from previous page)days in the year. And on the following day they have everything.
Long ago when the work-men would come home from work they used to spread a sack on the floor, and put the potatoes out on it, and get salt. Then all the men would sit on the floor around the potatoes and eat them.
Fine oaten meal cakes it was used for feeding game-cocks and greyhounds. It is made of meal and flour and butter-milk and bread soda or baking-powder.
Barm bread it is made by a small complement of flour(continues on next page)
