School: An Clochán (roll number 7777)

Location:
Cloghans Hill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Breathnach
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  1. Composition
    Ancient Bread-making
    The bread that is eaten now by the people is quite different to the bread that was eaten by ancient people.
    Long ago, the people ground their own corn by the means of two big stone placed on upon the other. The bottom one was fixed on an axle, but the top one was made to turn round very quickly. There was a hole in the top stone. The dropped the corn down the hole and as it was falling it was turned into meal by the roughness of the stones. While this was going on, they kept twisting a lever which made the stone twist around quickly. The ground all their corn in
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    Topics
    1. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
        1. bread (~2,063)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Delia Rielly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Curramore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Rielly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Curramore, Co. Mayo