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School: Iubhrach (roll number 8074)

Location:
Uragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Cristíne Ní Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 351

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    and eaten hot.
    The oaten bread was made by wetting the oat meal with hot water and kneading it. It was then made into little this cakes and baked in front of the fire standing against a support which was usually a stone. There was a cross cut on the top of every cake in memory of the bread our Lord blessed.
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    The bread made locally is not like the bread we make now. It was very strong because it was made made of oatmeal. Oatmeal was fixed with a little salt and soda. Water was added for he kneading, then it was dried with a little flour and was flattened out on a bread board.
    There are many other kinds of bread which the people used to make. These were potato
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Unshinagh, Co. Leitrim