School: Cora Finne (C.) (roll number 12908)

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Cora Finne, Co. an Chláir
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    it on which the bread was also baked. Sometimes the griddle was hung over the fire with pot-hooks. Bread was also made from oat-meal and it was considered a very wholesome cake. Bread was only eaten in Christmas and on very rare occasions during the year. A cross was cut on the cake before put doen to bake. When flour first came from England it was of a dark brown and it could not be baked or used. The best of the flour was left for the soldiers as the big war was on at that time.
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    Topics
    1. táirgí
      1. táirgí bia (~3,601)
        1. arán (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teasie Kenny
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Fánchoill, Co. an Chláir
    Informant
    John O' Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Knockacarta, Co. an Chláir