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School: Ballyhaise

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Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0974, Page 089

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0974, Page 089

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    Bread made from Indian meal potato-bread oaten bread an boxty were the principal kinds of bread made in this district in olden times. White-flour bread was unheard of. Later on some farmers began to grow wheat which they got ground in a sort of a hand-mill at Newtownmanorwaterthouse in Co Fermanagh. In Cashel querns were used for grinding corn and these were last heard of in the O'Callaghan family.
    People were very fond of boxty. To make it potatoes which were peeled were grated. Then the pulp was put into a linen bag and the water was squeezed out until
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rosaleen Johnston
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumliff, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mary Callaghan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    79
    Address
    Drumliff, Co. Cavan