School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Plunkett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0974, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)for their dinner. The table was attached to the wall by hinges and there were only a two legs under it and these could be take off anytime. The legs were taken off when the table was not in use so that it could hang by the hinges along the wall. It was oaten bread and "flannen bread as the old people called it, that was eaten. Oaten meal and flour were mixed together and baked on a griddle. The griddle was made of iron and it was about the size of a large oven. The griddle was put in on the fire and the bread was then put on it to bake. Here is sketch of a griddle:
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"Flannen bread" or potato bread as we know it was made by bruising potatoes fine and mixing flour with it and then baking it. Also "boxty bread" was made. First potatoes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Philip Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Oakwood or Drummully, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Joe Baxter
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Oakwood or Drummully, Co. Cavan
