School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)
- Location:
- Áth Stúin, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Finghín Mac Íobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 129
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- Long ago bread was made with oaten meal and milk and if milk was scarce water would be used instead. They baked the bread on a griddle and it was called griddle bread.
Potato cake was made with flour and potatoes mixed together. It was mixed on a pan and baked on a griddle. A flat piece of iron was put on top of the griddle and a fire was lit on it so as the top of the cake would bake.
For a feast Boxty bread was made with 'grated' potatoes and flour mixed together. It was also made for Halloween night. It was made in a box and left at the side of the fire to bake slowly.
- Collector
- Sheila Ragget
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Áth Stúin, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- Patrick Ragget
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Áth Stúin, Co. Chill Chainnigh
