School: Kilcleagh (Mixed) (roll number 14742)

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   In olden times there were querns in all houses and the people used to grind their own corn. There were different kinds of bread made - oaten-bread, wheaten-bread, flour-bread, potato-bread and boxty-bread. Oaten-bread was made by mixing some oaten meal and a tea-spoon of salt together, adding water and kneading on the bread-board, then baking on a griddle. Wheaten-bread was made by mixing wheaten meal, salt, and bread soda and butter-milk together, kneading on the bread-board and then baking in an oven. Flour-bread was made by mixing flour, soda, salt and butter-milk together, then kneading on the bread-board and baking in an oven. Potato-bread was made by mixing bruised potatoes, flour and salt together and by

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Annie Claffey

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killogeenaghan, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Mrs P. Claffey

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   50

   Address

   Killogeenaghan, Co. Westmeath