School: Kilcleagh (Mixed) (roll number 14742)
- Location:
- Kilcleagh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Murphy
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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(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Claffey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killogeenaghan, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mrs P. Claffey
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Killogeenaghan, Co. Westmeath