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School: Baile Gaedhealach (B.) (roll number 14808)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Míchael Ó Slatara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 96

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    Long ago the people hadn't any flour-bread to eat as they have to-day. Flour was very scarce in Ireland and often they travelled twelve miles for a single stone of it for the Christmas cakes.
    They made oatmeal-bread, potato-cake and boxty and were much stronger and healthier than the people nowadays.
    In order to make oatmeal bread a quantity of oatmeal is put into a clean basin. Then a pinch of salt and a little soda are added to it and it is wet with water. It is thoroughly kneaded all the water is soaked into it. Then it is emptied into a clean board and flattened out in the shape of a cake. It is then cut into four parts.
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Martyn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Levallyroe, Co. Mayo