School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)
- Location:
- Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Hanly
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- In olden days corn-bread was the principal bread the old people used to make. Querns were very common in this district and people used to depend mostly on them to grind their corn.Boxty-bread - potatoe-cake wheaten and oaten bread were very common. The cornbread was wet with water and the boxty-bread was wet with the water that came out of the potatoes when they were rasped.Bread was baked every second day. Very often a cross was cut on top of the cake. Corn bread was cut in quarters and baked on the tongs. It was also baked before the fire against a sod of turf. Pancakes were made for "pancake night."
- Informant
- Máire Ní Phóllain
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Esker, Co. Offaly