School: Lismacaffry
- Location:
- Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Gamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0739, Page 347
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- Long ago the bread was made from wheat and from oats grown locally. A good many people remember grind-stones being used in the district, because at that time nearly everyone had his own grind-stones.
They used to make oaten bread, flour bread and wheaten bread. In the oaten bread, oaten meal, salt and water were used. In the flour bread, flour, soda, salt, milk were used. In the wheaten bread, wheaten meal, salt, flour soda and buttermilk were used. Milk was used in kneading. When they would be making bread they would make as much as would do for a week or two weeks. The sign of a cross was made on the top of a cake. This sign was put on for good luck. The bread was made on a vessel called a griddle. The griddle was made of iron. Griddle bread was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Christy Newman
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Address
- Coolnagun, Co. Westmeath
