School: Derrydamph
- Location:
- Doire Damh, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Mrs Lundy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 119
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- Oat Cakes
Oat cakes were made by mixing boiling water with oat meal so as to form a dry dough. This was rolled into a round cake about half an inch thick and fifteen inches in diameter. This case was then placed in front of the hearth fire on an iron called a grid iron. The grid iron was round shaped with a plate across the bottom that the cake rested on. A movable iron bar was attached to the back in order to bring the cake nearer or away from the fire according to the strength of the fire. The cake was carefully watched and turned occasionally and the front side was turned to the back after a time. When it was baked it was quite hard, and was eaten with plenty of butter and new milk and so was very appetising. Many of these grid irons, on which oat cakes were baked, are still in the locality although none of them are ever used nowadays.
Potato Bread
Potato bread, as well as oatcakes, was used in large quantities by the people in this district about sixty years ago. The hot potatoes were mixed with flour and salt and rolled into a circular shape about fifteen inches in diameter(continues on next page)
- Collector
- M. Lundie
- Occupation
- Teacher
