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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 422

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  1. Bread in Olden Times (continued)

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    baisinful of oaten meal with a gram of salt and then wetting it with lukewarm water and you then leave it to set for about an hour. It is then put beside the fire to bake. It is very nice with butter. Long ago people would bring a cake of oaten bread with them when they would be going on a journey.
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  2. Bread in Olden Times

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    The bread that was used in olden times was oatenmeal bread. It was made with oatmeal and milk. There was pancake bread and "boxty" bread made also. Long ago the people used to use querns for grinding the meal. There was a cross cut on
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Betty Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs R.W. Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Leggagh, Co. Meath