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School: Glascorn (roll number 16615)

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Glascarn, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Mrs Hope
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 303

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    In olden times most of the bread used was made from oaten-meal which was made from the oats grown locally. Flour was not made locally but the wheat was sent to a flour-mill near Kilbeggan to be ground into flour.
    There were three different kinds of bread made in former times. They were potato-cake, boxty-bread and oaten-meal bread. These are still made but not as frequently as in olden times. The ingredients for boxty-bread are : - raw-potatoes, salt, pepper and flour. The potatoes are washed and peeled. Then they are rasped into a basin with a rasp, The flour, pepper and salt are added and the mixture is stirred well with a spoon. If it is too stiff a little milk is added. When
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary J. Keeffe
    Gender
    Female