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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 394

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    People used to make bread from oats ground into meal. It is only a few years ago since flour was made locally. People remember grind-stones being used.
    The different kinds of bread were boxty-bread, potato-cake, and Oatmeal bread. There was also pancaked used baked between two leaves of cabbage. The way to make Boxty-bread was to scrape raw potatoes and put them in a dish with boiled ones. Then make it up like a potato-cake and bake it in a pan.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kate Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Kilgarriff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doonmacreena, Co. Mayo