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School: Streamstown (roll number 15291)

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Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
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S. Garland
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0733, Page 282

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    Long ago the bread used was made from the wheat and oats grown locally. The meal was also ground locally in the flour mills. There was a flour mill near Kilbeggan about sixty years ago.
    The following is a list of the different kinds of bread eaten in olden times :- potato bread, boxty bread, wheaten bread, and oaten bread. The following are the ingredients in a potato cake :- potatoes, milk, and a little salt. The potatoes are boiled very well, then they are mixed with the milk and salt. When this is done the dough is made flat and is put on the griddle or pan to bake.
    Boxty bread is made from rasped potatoes and a little water
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Farrell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donore Demesne, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Larry Ellife
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Donore Demesne, Co. Westmeath