School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)
- Location:
- Baile an tSrutháin, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Garland
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- (continued from previous page)added when kneading. When it is to be put to bake, marks are put on the cake so as to let out the gas.Long ago a sufficient quantity of bread would be made on a Friday to do for a week. The bread would stay fresh as long as it would be needed. A cross was made on the cake before putting it down to bake.In years gone by the vessels used for baking bread were as follows : the baker, the oven, the griddle and the pan.Sometimes the bread was put standing in front of the fire with a support. It was put on a pan or oven first and when the crust came on the cake it was put in front of the fire to bake.It was customary for the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donore Demesne, Co. na hIarmhí
- Informant
- Larry Ellife
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Donore Demesne, Co. na hIarmhí
