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School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

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Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 02_025

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    people grew. They got it ground and they made bread out of it.
    Long ago the people used Querns for grinding the corn and they are still used by an odd person at the present day.
    The different kinds of bread made were, Potato cake, Boxty bread, and Oaten Meal bread. The potato cake was made of potatoes, salt, and soda and it was baked in a shallow pan. The oaten meal bread was made from oaten meal, salt, soda, water and flour. It was baked on the tongs besides the fire. The Boxty bread was made of raw potatoes scraped by a scraper. They were put down in a little
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Mitchell
    Gender
    Female