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   1. The kinds of bread made in this district area:
   Oven bread, Oatenmeal bread, Griddle bread, Potato cake and Boxty. Oaten bread is made from oatenmeal, a pinch of salt, a pinch of breadsoda and water.
   Boxty is made from boiled potatoes and raw potatoes peeled and broken and mixed with flour while they are still hot. There is an old saying:
   Boxty on the griddle
   Boxty on the pan
   If you don't eat boxty
   You will never be a man".

   2. "... The cakes of oaten meal were made with water and cut into two halves and either baked on a brand-iron or put standing against a sod of turf before the fire. Corn was grown locally and ground in the querns which were in every house at the time. First the corn was shelled in the quern and then it was

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Sweeney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway

   Collector

   Stephen Cahill

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lisnascreena, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Callow, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs Cahill

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnascreena, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Mrs P. Sweeney

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fohanagh, Co. Galway