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School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

Location:
Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
Teachers:
P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 128

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    The different kinds of bread that were made long ago are oaten meal bread, bare bread and potato bread. Oaten meal bread was mixed with goat's milk and was baked on a griddle. Flour was ground in this district long ago. Mr. Michael Cahill of Muckalee Ballyfoyle Co. Kilkenny has a quern. They made enough of bread for a week at a time.
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    It was all oaten bread that was used in olden times. Bare bread was made from oats. The oats was ground in Rockbrook, Ballyfoyle, Co Kilkenny The oats was ground every year, It was grown here.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Breen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Damerstown East, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Edward Breen
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Damerstown East, Co. Kilkenny