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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 414

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    They used to make bread with oaten meal. The flour was made in the mills such as Galway or Ballina. The people often heard of grind-stones being used and that such was used in the district. The kind of bread that they used to make was called oaten bread, potato cake, and boxty bread.
    Oaten bread was made with a grane of salt and a grane of sugar with water. Potato cake was made with boiled potatoes, butter, and milk. Boxty bread was made with
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Cullina
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Winnie Cullina
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Mayo