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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 092

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    Long ago in Ireland there was no bread made like what is made nowadays. It was all oaten bread that the people used to make it and it was made like this. They used to get some oaten-meal and mix bread-soda and salt through it and then they used to wet it with water. The kinds of bread that the people make nowadays are loaf-bread which the baker makes, soda-bread, brown-bread, and scones, and they also make rasp, potato-cake and pancakes. The way they make pancakes is, they get a baisin and put flour, bread
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Nally
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Nally
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford