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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 225

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  1. Bread Making

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    Every house-keeper makes bread. Home-made bread is much better than bought bread.
    This is how a soda cake is made. First a basin is got. Then a few handfuls of flour is got into it. A porringer-full of butter milk with a pinch of salt, in it, is then poured on the flour. It is all mixed up, and made into dough and put in the oven to bake. The Sign of The Cross is cut on it and it is left beside the fire.
    Boxty is made very frequently in our house. It is another name for rasp. This is how
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tirlickeen, Co. Longford