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   Then they would put them in a flour bag and wring the water out of them. Then they would mix flour and salt through them and put it on the griddle till it was baked.
   This bread was made every day because no soda bread was made unless at Christmas.
   When a cow calved "beasting" pancakes were made and are made yet. On Shrove Tuesday pancakes were always made.
   These three breads are seldom made now and if they are at self it is only for a novelty.
   Now my mother makes two kinds of bread, soda bread and wheaten bread. When making soda bread she puts nothing only flour and some soda and salt in the basin. Then she pours buttermilk in, and mixes it. She puts it out on a bread board

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   Topics

   1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
         1. bread (~2,063)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bríghid Ní Rathallaigh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Greaghadossan, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Cáit Bean Uí Fhloinn

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lismagiril, Co. Cavan