School: Sráid na Cathrach (C.) (roll number 8851)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Bhriain
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- (continued from previous page)A lot of people get married on Shrove Tuesday night and the boys throw jam jars at the doors of those who are not married.
- Long ago there was no white flour used in making bread. The old people used oaten flour which they ground in querns or sometimes in mills.
The quern was composed of two larger pieces of limestone with a handle on one of them. Then when the corn was ground they winnowed it, in a cart of sieve which separated the corn from the chaff. They used to bake the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Teresa Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare